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  • 446th Airlift Wing participates in largest airlift operations in history

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing, known as the Rainier Wing, participated in one of the largest airlift operations in history. Reserve Citizen Airmen from across Air Force Reserve Command played a huge role in what is being described by senior U.S. government officials as one of

  • Crew chief inspects C-17 aircraft

    Staff Sgt. Shelby Pick, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects a C-17 Globemaster at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 11, 2021. Inspecting the top of the C-17 is a critical step in the Basic Post-flight Operation inspection checklist to identify anything broken or missing

  • Fly girls: Women in the 446th AW share why they wanted to fly

    Regardless of how each of these four women came to fly or why they chose to join the Air Force Reserve, or the multiples decisions they have to make daily, Thornburg sums up why these women all fly.“To this day I think that when we fly all the issues and problems stay on the ground, in the air we