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446th Force Support Squadron takes over DFAC

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 446th Force Support Squadron, prepare for the lunch meal during a two day take over of the Olympic Dining Facility, August 19, 2020, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. While the Reserve Citizen Airmen took over dining facility operations from their active-duty partner, 627th Air Base Group, for two days, they honed their skills and completed upgrade training along-side food service contractors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Cozad Staley)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Palmer, 446th Maintenance Group commander, retires after 25 years of military service in a virtually broadcast ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, August 2, 2020. As a group commander, she oversaw the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 446th Maintenance Squadron, providing maintenance support for C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as well as the training and mission preparedness for over 350 Reserve Citizen Airmen. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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U.S. Air Force loadmasters from the 446th Airlift Wing preform pre-flight checks in the cargo area of a C-17 Globemaster III July 14, 2020, before starting a Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Air Force Reserve aircrew partnered with U.S. Army Soldiers from the Operations Group at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, California, for this JA/ATT exercise to maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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200714-F-EP422-1229

U.S. Army soldiers with the Operations Group, Alpha Company, prepare to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during a Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training July 14, 2020, at Bicycle Lake Air Field, Fort Irwin, California. The Operations Group at the National Training Center trains Soldiers in procedures of airdrop operations, while also offering a unique environment for joint training missions with other military branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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200714-F-EP422-1221

U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher Lawler, a pilot assigned to the 728th Airlift Squadron and lead Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training planner, briefs U.S. Army Soldiers with the Operations Group, Alpha Company, on a C-17 Globemaster III July 14, 2020, at Bicycle Lake Air Field, Fort Irwin, California. The JA/ATT program is designed to provide Army airborne training in a joint environment while offering military branches an opportunity to jointly develop tactics, knowledge and procedures and increase proficiency in airdrop, assault landing and mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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200714-F-EP422-1175

A C-17 Globemaster III flown by the 446th Airlift Wing lands during a Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training July 14, 2020, at Bicycle Lake Air Field, Fort Irwin, California. The design of the C-17 allows it to operate through small, undeveloped airfields delivering combat forces near battle area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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200712-F-EP422-1013

JOINT BASE LEIWS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Air Force Reserve trainees from the 446th Airlift Wing Development and Training Flight (D&TF) wear face coverings and socially distance while reciting the Airman’s Creed on July 12, 2020, at a unit training assembly on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Before departing to Air Force Basic Military Training, Tech. Sgt. John Hillenbrand, 446th D&TF flight chief, prepares trainees with Air Force knowledge, to include memorizing and reciting the Airman’s Creed and Air Force core values. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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Airman connects with family to exercise

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Sommers exercies with his father, David Sommers, using Skype from his hotel room on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washinton, July 9, 2020. Sommers maintains his physical fitness while connecting with family virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Sommers)

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Battery Extractor Tool

Senior Airman Brandon Dinh, an electro-environmental technician from the 446th Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., demonstrates use of the Battery Cell Extraction Tool. Airmen at the 446th MXS entered the newly forged tool in the Spark Tank 2020 competition.

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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Loadmasters pose

Chief Master Sgt. James Masura Jr., 313th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron loadmasters, pause for a photo with the airdrop equipment to aid a fishing vessel broken down in the Antarctic. Argos Georgia had suffered serious engine failure while heading south in the Ross Sea, leaving it without propulsion and drifting with the ice Jan. 4, 2008, according to an article released by PACAF Public Affairs. The vessel needed critical engine repair parts airdropped to them so crews could fix damaged caused by navigating the icy waters. (Courtesy photo)

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Loadmasters pose for photo

Chief Master Sgt. James Masura Jr., 313th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and Senior Airman Chandler Smith, 313th AS loadmaster, pause for a photo while on an Operation Deep Freeze mission to the Antarctic. This mission was Masura’s 100th, a record for C-17 Globemaster III supporting the U.S Antarctic Program’s National Science Foundation research operations. (Courtesy photo)

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A penguin

Chief Master Sgt. James Masura Jr., 313th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, took a photo of his very first penguin sighting on his record setting 100th Operation Deep Freeze mission providing C-17 Globemaster III logistical support the National Science Foundation's Antarctic research stations. (Courtesy photo)

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Flag artwork

The piece is made up of painted toy soldiers. Members of the Airman and Family Readiness office worked on the piece. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Andom)

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Airman and Family Readiness Center Staff

The 446th Airlift Wing Airman and Family Readiness team and the 446 AW Command Chief are gathered for a group photo. (Left to Right) Master Sgt. James Ward, Tech. Sgts. Andrew Mutch, Heidi Hancock, Troy Gordon, Ms. Jill Marconi-Pyclik, Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, Master Sgt. Kathy Myhre, and Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Toevs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Andom)

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Capstone Training McChord

Maj. Rachel Blanset, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, explains aeromedical evacuation procedures to graduating medical professionals from Madigan Army Medical Center on 24 April, 2018, at McChord Field, Wash. The three day capstone training event with the U.S. Army allowed for capabilities aboard a C-17 Globemaster III to be shown for patients being transported to a facility like Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by David L. Yost)

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