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Annual Awards Ceremony

Col. Sean Pierce, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, 446th AW command chief, present Mr. Robert Kagarise, 446th Airlift Wing, and Ms. Kathryn Hulsmann, 446th Operations Group, with the award for Civilian of the Year (category 1) during the annual awards ceremony May 3, 2019, at the McChord Club. Kagarise and Hulsmann both tied for the annual award. The ceremony recognized individuals across the wing for outstanding performance during the 2018 fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull)

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Annual Awards Ceremony

Col. Sean Pierce, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, 446th AW command chief, present Lt. Col. Michael Hughes, 97th Airlift Squadron, with the award for Field Grade Officer of the Year during the annual awards ceremony May 3, 2019, at the McChord Club. The ceremony recognized individuals across the wing for outstanding performance during the 2018 fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull)

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Annual Awards Ceremony

Col. Sean Pierce, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, 446th AW command chief, present Master Sgt. Michael Mellein, 86th Aerial Port Squadron, with the award for Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year during the annual awards ceremony May 3, 2019, at the McChord Club. The ceremony recognized individuals across the wing for outstanding performance during the 2018 fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull)

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Annual Awards Ceremony

Col. Sean Pierce, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, speaks during the Rainier Wing annual awards ceremony May 3, 2019, at the McChord Club. The ceremony recognized individuals across the wing for outstanding performance during the 2018 fiscal year. Additionally, a few Airmen and unit organizations who had won awards at Air force Reserve Command and Department of Defense level were also recognized. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull)

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Annual Awards Ceremony

Col. Sean Pierce, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, 446th AW command chief, present Staff Sgt. Crystal Lothrop, 446th Force Support Squadron, with the award for Airman of the Year during the annual awards ceremony May 3, 2019, at the McChord Club. The ceremony recognized individuals across the wing for outstanding performance during the 2018 fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull)

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Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

Airman 1st Class Jason Siegfried, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ed Saylor, Doolittle Raider, in cutting the cake at the 446th Airlift Wing Awards Banquet March 8 at Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle. Saylor, one of 80 Airmen of the U.S. Army Air Corps, led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, carried the battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets. He served for the remainder of World War II and after the war, retiring as an aircraft maintenance officer. (Courtesy photo by David Lobban, Lobban Photography Inc.)

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Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

Staff Sergeant (Ret.) Keith “Bull” Sekora, Wounded Warrior and former member of the 446th Airlift Wing, meets Col. (Ret.) Joe Jackson, Medal of Honor recipient and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ed Saylor, Doolittle Raider, at the 446th AW Annual Awards Banquet March 8 at Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle. The three guests were honored as each extraordinary story was read aloud, resulting in a standing ovation and a crowd with tears in their eyes.

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Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

Cliff Burrows, Group President, U.S., Americas and Teavana, accepts the 2013 Employer of the Year Award on behalf of Starbucks Coffee Company at the 446th Airlift Wing Annual Awards Banquet March 8 at Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle. Burrows is pictured here (from left to right) with Chief Master Sgt. Tony Mack, 446th AW command chief, Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, and Col. Bruce A. Bowers Jr., 446th AW commander. (Courtesy photo by David Lobban, Lobban Photography Inc.)

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Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

Coleen Gause, Spouse of the Year, walks through a saber team arch led by first sergeants to accept her award at the 446th Airlift Wing Annual Awards Banquet March 8 at Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle. Mrs. Gause, mother of three, was nominated by her husband, 1st Lt. Gregory Gause, 313th Airlift Squadron pilot, because of her continued support and understanding she has shown for the past three years while he was in pilot training. (Courtesy photo by David Lobban, Lobban Photography Inc.)

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Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

Annual Award recipients pose for a group shot at the 446th Airlift Wing Annual Awards Banquet March 8 at Boeing’s Museum of Flight in Seattle. More than 550 guests were in attendance honoring the awardees recognized throughout the wing as well as the many Reservists and units who took home command-level awards. (Courtesy photo by David Lobban, Lobban Photography Inc.)

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Another Journey

Senior Master Sgt. Terry Philon (pictured above), the 313th Airlift Squadron chief loadmaster out of McChord Field, Wash., entered the military in 1972. During his 41 years of service, he has supported contingencies such as the evacuation of the American hostages in Iran in 1981, Operations Just Cause, Provide Hope, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Enduring Freedom, and Deep Freeze. He is set to retire from the Air Force Reserve in December, right before his 60th birthday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Antarctic Airlift

A Bell 212, operated by Antarctic New Zealand, is prepared to be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 17, 2018 near McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Members of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron operated aircraft while supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze. (Courtesy Photo)

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Antarctic Airlift

Cargo is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Feb. 9, 2018, near McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Members of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron operated aircraft while supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze. (Courtesy Photo)

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Antarctic Airlift

Cargo is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Feb. 6, 2018, near McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Members of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron operated aircraft while supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze. (Courtesy Photo)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch Gateway to Antarctica

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing prepares to land at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, to kick off a new rotation of Antarctic airlift missions going on from Christchurch, NZ, to Phoenix Airfield, Antarctica. As one of the world’s five Antarctic gateway cities, Christchurch is an official Antarctic hub and welcomes all national Antarctic programs to use Christchurch as their gateway to Antarctica. (Courtesy photo by Graham Fisher)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch Gateway to Antarctica

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing prepares to land at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, to kick off a new rotation of Antarctic airlift missions going on from Christchurch, NZ, to Phoenix Airfield, Antarctica. As one of the world’s five Antarctic gateway cities, Christchurch is an official Antarctic hub and welcomes all national Antarctic programs to use Christchurch as their gateway to Antarctica. (Courtesy photo by Graham Fisher)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch Gateway to Antarctica

Aerial footage from the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III of the South Island landscape and shoreline, during a flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Phoenix Airfield, Antarctica, Oct. 20, 2024. The South Island is divided by a backbone of mountains aptly called the Southern Alps, and has fjords, extensive southern beech forests, broad plains and golden sand beaches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colleen Anthony)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch gateway to Antarctica

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing prepares to land at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, to kick off a new rotation of Antarctic Airlift Missions going on from Christchurch, NZ, to Phoenix Air Field, Antarctica. As one of the world’s five Antarctic gateway cities, Christchurch is an official Antarctic hub and welcomes all national Antarctic programs to use Christchurch as their gateway to Antarctica. (Courtesy photo by Graham Fisher)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch Gateway to Antarctica

The International Antarctic Center is located feet from Christchurch International Airport, and the United States Antarctic Program hangar and launch point at Christchurch, New Zealand, Oct. 15, 2024. The IAC provides key resources and information for departing 62d Airlift Wing and 446th AW crew, National Science Foundation employees and all others being airlifted down to Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colleen Anthony)

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Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch Gateway to Antarctica

A bus transports employees heading to McMurdo Station, Antarctica from the United States Antarctic Program Passenger Terminal to a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing, at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, Oct. 20, 2024. The USAP PAX assists in the processing and transportation of personnel from NZ to the Antarctic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colleen Anthony)

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