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  • Rainier Wing focuses on wellness

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing, and their families, focused on wellness August 4 and 5 during a weekend dedicated to promoting strength and wellness at McChord Field.“Wingman and Family Days are essential,” said Maj. Gen. Randall Ogden, commander of the Fourth Air Force.

  • Top Force Support SNCO in Air Force

    The 446th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has been honored recently for having the top Force Support Senior NCO of 2015. SMsgt. John Besselman, 446th Force Support Squadron education and training superintendent, received the award in July after his package competed with the best and

  • 446th OG Change of Command

    Col. Scott Snyder (right) relinquishes command of the 446th Operations Group here, to Col. Scott McLaughlin, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, during the group's change of command ceremony April 2, 2016. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

  • Night Vision landings shed light on Antarctic airlift

    Airlift support to the U.S. Antarctic Program wrapped-up in March, and members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord met challenges of the harsh Antarctic environment head-on, including performing night-vision goggle landings on a runway made of ice during the Austral Winter.The flights were part of

  • Chaplains enrich Airmen’s wings

    Rainier Wing Citizen Airmen congregated for a commander’s call, filling Hangar 9 to the max during the Reserve weekend March 6, to hear messages from leadership, including Psychological Health and the wing chaplain. After the assembly, Chaplain (Col.) Gary Califf, Air Force Reserve Command chief

  • McChord chiefs honor their own

    From left: Chief Master Sgt. Zaki Mazid, 62th Airlift Wing command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Brian Waggoner, 194th Wing command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Tony Mack, 446th Airlift Wing command chief conclude a candle lighting ceremony during the Chief Master Sergeant Induction Ceremony here, March

  • Rainier Wing moves mountains in Spain

    Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing’s maintenance and aircraft maintenance squadrons, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, demonstrated supported the 725th Air Mobility Squadron Feb. 14-28, 2016.

  • Bringing Airmen together

    Citizen Airmen of the Rainier Wing gathered together March 6 at McChord Field to participate in Wingman Day.The theme of this year’s event, We Are Connected, was aimed at highlighting the importance of joining together as a team. “Wingman Day is our chance to emphasize the resiliency of the 44th

  • Tomodachi 'friendship' luncheon

    Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., including members from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wing's, and the Western Air Defense Sector, participate in a group photo with the Consulate General of Japan Masahiro Omura, and his wife during his Tomodachi Reception in Seattle Feb. 19, 2016. Airmen who