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  • Two airmen wearing masks while holding paper

    All in a day's work

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kamen D. Ester, left, 446th Airlift Wing occupational safety technician, reviews personnel documents during a scheduled appointment with Senior Airman Huy X. Nguyen, 446th Force Support Squadron (FSS) career development advisor, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 24, 2020. The 446th FSS provides military and

  • Cybercriminals target military members: How to avoid becoming a victim

    A senior-ranking military member sends you a Facebook request. It looks legitimate. He has an official photo along with other military acquaintances in his network. You accept the request, but little do you know it is a fake profile created by the adversary to collect private, sensitive information.While social media can be an effective tool to
  • Airlift with emergency lights on

    446 AW, Army participate in joint training exercise

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing here participated in a joint training mission with U.S. Army Soldiers July 14 at Bicycle Lake Airfield on Fort Irwin, California.The Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training provides airborne training in a joint environment while developing tactics, knowledge and procedures to increase
  • Airman inspect aircraft

    446th AMXS maintains combat readiness through resiliency

    For 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainers, readiness means being confident and proficient in their area of responsibility. Typically, the maintainers perform temporary duty travel and enroute flights to receive real world, hands-on training during annual tour, said Maj. Naomi Ballard, a 446th AMXS maintenance operations officer.The
  • Air Force Reserve trainees sit in a room wearing face coverings

    446 AW trainees prepare for BMT

    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,
  • Airman exercises with father via Skype

    Commentary: Routine for better fitness

    It’s Sunday morning, the sky is overcast, and it begins to drizzle. Not the best weather for a fitness assessment. The fitness assessment cell airman explains the basics of our running test, and we line up for the start of what we all know will be an uncomfortable run.When we are all prepared, they unceremoniously call out to begin, and we take

  • McChord reservists work through pandemic with hybrid UTAs

    Reservists of the 446th Airlift Wing here continue to hold hybrid in-person and virtual Unit Training Assemblies July 11-14 during COVID-19 pandemic.“As previously mentioned, leaders in all units methodically reviewed all options for the June UTA,” said U.S. Air Force Col. Paul M. Skipworth, commander of the 446th AW. “In the end, they balanced the

  • 446th Airlift Wing announces June promotions

    Air Force Reserve release names of June promotees
  • Master Sgt. Anthony Leonard and Staff Sgt. Jason Conner, 7th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, sit on the end of an open cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., June 6, 2020. As part of a joint force exercise designed to improve readiness, ten C-17s conducted a simulated air drop mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

    Team McChord aircrew participate in large-scale exercise

    The 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, participate in a large-scale exercise June 6. Sixteen Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III from here, Altus Air Force Base, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, and Joint Base Charleston and 19 C-130J Hercules from Little Rock AFB and Dyess AFB joined in formation to execute

  • Letter to Airmen: Equality and tough conversations

     Team 446th – Many of us watched, read, and listened with horror and dismay about the senseless deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. We are angered and saddened. These deaths should not have happened. There is no place in our society for racism and discrimination--especially in our military. Unfortunately, however, many also
  • Official military photo of Lt. Col. Hanna Yang

    446th Reserve Citizen Airman named Reserve JAG of the Year

    Lt. Col. Hanna Yang, 446th Airlift Wing’s Judge Advocate General (JAG), wins 2019 Harmon Award, announced Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Rockwell, Air Force Judge Advocate General, May 7.The Harmon Award, known as Reserve JAG of the Year award, recognizes the most outstanding Air Reserve Component JAG officer, in the grade of lieutenant colonel or below, based
  • Reservist pose in front of firetruck

    Out of the Flight Suit: 446th loadmaster taps into military training to fight COVID-19

    Several 446th Airlift Wing Reservists wear different uniforms when fighting against COVID-19.Master Sgt. Lance Nelson, a C-17 loadmaster assigned to the 728th Airlift Squadron here, wears bunker gear for West Pierce Fire & Rescue in Tacoma, Washington.Nelson, a 14-year firefighter, responds to calls and potentially transports COVID-19 patients on
  • Three women pose in photo

    A Mother's Day Tribute: Mother, two daughters serve in the 446th

    Amidst the chaos of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Master Sgt. Janice Kallinen, 446th Force Support Squadron superintendent, drives on with her duties during these challenging times.This fall, Kallinen will retire in what would be 38 years and 5 months of service in the Air Force.  “When you’re young, you think about what the future has in
  • A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., flies over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., May 8, 2020. The 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Demonstartion Team, made up of pilots and loadmasters from the 4th, 7th, and 8th Airlift Squadrons, conducted a flyover of nearly 45 hospitals, healthcare, organizations and landmarks up and down the Puget Sound, in appreciation of those working during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

    62nd AW salutes COVID-19 heroes with morale flyover

    The 62nd Airlift Wing (AW) saluted the American heroes at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 during an Air Force Salutes morale flyover throughout Washington State’s Puget Sound region, May 8.“The 62nd AW salutes each American serving on the frontlines in combat against the COVID-19 pandemic,” said U.S. Air Force Col. Robert V. Lankford,
  • Airman flips cargo rollers on aircraft

    446th Reserve aircrew maintain readiness, adjust to new normal

    The ability to respond to threats remain on the forefront of the 446th Airlift Wing airmen’s minds. But, in light of COVID-19, new practices, procedures allow aircrews to be innovative and adjust to a new normal while staying combat-ready.“Our mission hasn’t stopped,” said Lt. Col. Carl McBurnett, 728th Airlift Squadron C-17 pilot and aircraft
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