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Senior Airman Ricky Young, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron helps configure a C-17 Globemaster III to carry 36 litters during a squadron exercise. More than 30 446th AES members participated in the flight departing from McChord Field Jan. 8, 2012. The exercise included scenarios where patients injured in combat needed to be loaded and cared for on a four-hour flight around the local area. These training exercises occur monthly and enable Reservists to hone their skills for real-world deployments and humanitarian missions.
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Reservists fom the 446th Airlift Wing train for contingency operations Jan. 8 at McChord Field, Wash. Their mission readiness training included donning protective gear for mission-oriented protective postures and practicing decontamination procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Senior Master Sgt. Robert Cutchin, a Reservist with the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, McChord Field, Wash., is spearheading a 446th Airlift Wing motorcycle group called "Wings on Wheels." The focus of the group is motorcycle safety, with more experienced riders sharing their knowledge with novice rider enthusiasts ... but with a fun twist of camaraderie and esprit de corps. "We will have purpose and we will have fun," said Cutchin. The groups inaugural meeting is Jan. 7, 2012 during the Reserve weekend. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Grant Saylor)
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Senior Master Sgt. Stephen Harris, right, and Staff Sgt. Andrea Barrow, Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing, talk about the emotions they've felt while working at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del. During an interview at McChord Field, Dec. 14, 2011, the two spoke of the compassion one must have to do their jobs. Barrow adds "What's always in your mind is the dignity, honor and respect of this fallen hero." (photo courtesy/Janet Jensen of the Tacoma News Tribune)
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Senior Master Sgt. Derek Bryant (right), 728th Airlift Squadron senior loadmaster, McChord Field, Wash., dresses Total Nonstop Action wrestler Madison Rayne in aircrew gear on a C-17 Globemaster III, Dec. 6, 2011. Rayne and fellow wrestler Angelina Love visited JBLM to meet and greet the troops. During the C-17 tour, the ladies received an airlift briefing from Bryant and an aeromedical evacuation briefing from Reservists of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd. Lt. Denise Hauser)
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Senior Airman Kyle Knox (left), 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technician, McChord Field, Wash., explains the critical aeromedical evacuation Reserve mission to Total Nonstop Action wrestlers Angelina Love (center) and Madison Rayne, who stopped by, Dec. 6, 2011 to meet and greet the troops of JBLM and tour a C-17 Globemaster III. Rayne's husband is an active-duty Airman (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd. Lt. Denise Hauser)
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Reserve aircrews from the 446th Airlift Wing are coming off long-term volunteer orders after having sustained support of global operations since mobilizations began in 2003. (U.S. Air Force file photo)
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Staff Sgt. Matthew Bean, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replaces an angle of attack seal on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. The angle of attack is an indicator on the fuselage which provides a horizontal reference line during flight. Bean has been a Reservist for six years and is a logger in Forest Grove, Ore., in his civilian job.
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Tech. Sgt. David Gallegos, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, reviews a maintenance plan for a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Gallegos is leading a targeted maintenance team of Reservists who are conducting annual training and reducing delayed discrepancies, or non-grounding findings, for aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Senior Airman Michael Vickers, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control technician, left, and Tech. Sgt. Josh Vaught, 446th Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replace an electrostatic discharger on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Vickers is a material expeditor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in his civilian job and Vaught is a crew chief for the 62nd Maintenance Squadron here in his civilian job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Senior Airman Michael Vickers, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control technician here, replaces an electrostatic discharger on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Vickers and other Reservists are part of a targeted maintenance team conducting annual training aimed at reducing delayed discrepancies for aircraft maintenance. Vickers is a material expeditor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in his civilian job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Tech. Sgt. Rick Rodabaugh, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replaces an equipment locker storage net on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Reservists from the 446th AMXS have focused their annual training on reducing delayed discrepancies for McChord's aircraft fleet through a targeted maintenance team program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Senior Airman Leland Sivanish, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, checks nose tire air pressure for a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Sivanish is part of the 446th AMXS targeted maintenance team, working delayed discrepancies for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Staff Sgt. Tom Hathaway, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, inspects an oxygen bottle aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Hathaway is part of a targeted maintenance team of Reservists conducting annual training aimed at reducing delayed discrepancies, or non-grounding findings, for aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)
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Tech Sgt. Anders Nilsen (left) and Senior Airman Juan Rodriguez from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron discuss training strategy outside a tent used to transport bare base potable water for expeditionary field kitchens, bathrooms, and clinics during a field exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. on May 24, 2011. Sergeant Nilsen and his son, Tech Sgt. Jason Nilsen, a joint terminal attack controller instructor with the 1st Air Support Operations Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Lewis-Main, Wash., share a passion for service in the Air Force. They also share a unique hobby during their downtime together: homebrewing. Thanks to a lengthy break in service from the senior Nilsen, father and son are set to retire around the same time. Their post-retirement plans include opening a brewery in Oregon. "My dad perfects the process... I try to perfect the recipes," said Jason. Sounds like the perfect team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Grant Saylor)
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