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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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C-130 Transformation

A 440th Airlift Wing C-130 takes off from a dirt runway at the Holland Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. The airplane and crew took part in the wing's first tactical mission after their unit moved from Gen. Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station in Milwaukee to Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The mission was a two-ship, engines running, on and off-load exercise, with Pope's Regular Air Force 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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McChord C-17 popular at Russian air show

A view from the tail of a C-17 Globemaster III shows just some of the thousands of people who visited the Moscow International Air Show Aug. 26 in Zhukovsky, Russia. The C-17, from the Air Force Reserve Command's 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., was among several U.S. Air Force aircraft featured at the air show that drew more than 500,000 visitors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Pamela A.Q. Cook)
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McChord C-17 popular at Russian air show

Maj. Jon Bowser, an Air Force Reservist with the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., gives a flight deck tour of the C-17 Globemaster to Russian Gen.-Maj. Aleksey Konstantinovich Odintcev, chief of Russian Airlift Headquarters (right) and Sergey Mikhailovich Potseluyev, director of an aviation research institute (center), Aug. 23 at The Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Pamela Cook)
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McChord reservists wrap up winter flights to Antarctica

A loadmaster and maintenance members conduct preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III before taking off on an Operation Deep Freeze winter fly-in mission Aug. 25 from Pegasus White Ice Runway, Antarctica. A C-17 and 31 Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., conducted the annual winter fly-in augmentation of scientists, support staff, food and equipment for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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Thundering Upward

As cameras roll, a C-17 assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., roars into the morning sky. The aircraft and its crew of Reservists were filming a public service announcement recently for the Air Force Reserve called ?America?s Wingman.? To simulate the conditions needed for the filming, the C-17 took off and landed at Riverside Airport, Riverside, Calif. About 50 people, including many avid photographers, watched the event. The PSA should start airing later this year. (Courtesy Photo/Sterling Martell)
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Farewell Flying Badgers

(From left) Maj. Gen. Martin M. Mazick, 22nd Air Force commander; Col. Merle D. Hart 440th Airlift Wing commander; and Col. Timothy Zadalis, 43rd AW commander, salute during the playing of the National Anthem at the 440th AW?s relocation ceremony at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., June 10, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Oliva)
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C-119 a big player in 'Chutes and Cargo'

An Air Force C-119 "Flying Boxcar," once considered the workhorse of the Air Force Reserve, was part of the Continental Air Command's first Airlift Rodeo on Oct. 5, 1956. (U.S. Air Force/file photo)
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Dubai 2005 air show

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--1st Lt Heather Swanson, an Air Force Reserve pilot assigned to the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C. reviews featurers of the C-17 Globemaster III with a group of Middle-Eastern men at the Dubai 2005 air show.
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Dubai 2005 air show

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--1st Lt Heather Swanson, an Air Force Reserve pilot assigned to the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C. reviews features of the C-17 Globemaster III to a group a business men at the Dubai 2005 air show.
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First C-5A assigned

A crowd of 350 greeted the first C-5A Galaxy assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, during an arrival ceremony Oct. 3. The giant cargo hauler is replacing the retiring C-141 Starlifter fleet, which is being retired.
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Earthquake relief

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Airman prepare to unload cargo here as part of the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. The earthquake has killed an estimated 40,000 people and has left thousands more injured in Afganistan, Pakistan, India, and the Kashmir region.(USAF photo by Airman 1st Class De-Juan Haley)(Released)
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C-5 arrival at Wright-Patt

The first of 11 C-5A Galaxy's for the Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing arrived at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, on Oct 3. The C-5s are replacing the C-141 at the unit. Leading the crowd going to view the newly arrived Galaxy are the newest members of the Air Force Reserve Command who took the oath of enlistment in the cargo hauler duing a mass enlistment ceremony.
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Reserve C-5

050922-F-2089T-002 First Lt. Eric Palichat, a C-141 pilot with the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, says he is looking forward to flying C-5 Galaxies. The Air Force Reserve Command unit is slated to get its first C-5 jumbo jet Oct. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ted Theopolos)
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Hurriane Katrina Aerial Spraying

050913-F-3849M-001 Tech. Sgt. Jim Graves (left) and Staff Sgt. Tom Kocis, aerial spray maintenance technicians with the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, check recirculation valves during a pre-flight inspection of the Modular Aerial Spray System Sept. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn David McCowan)
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Refuge from the storm

050902-F-5515J-002 Volunteers from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., shuttle a patient who arrived there on a C-141 assigned to Air Force Reserve Commands 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. About 100 patients were airlifted to Dobbins for transportation to hospitals in Atlanta, one of 17 cities in the country taking 2,500 Hurricane Katrina victims. At Dobbins, the patients went to the 80th Aerial Port Squadron building where Veterans Administration medical people assessed their conditions before they were transported by ambulance to one of 38 Atlanta hospitals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bo Joyner)
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Hurricane Katrina

050901-F-0000T-003 A C-141 aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, taxies out early Sept. 1 on an aeromedical evacuation flight in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Reservists from Air Force Reserve Commands 445th Airlift Wing provided inflight care for patients airlifted from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, La., to Dallas. From Dallas, the plane was to fly to Lackland AFB, Texas, before returning to Wright-Patterson. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Maj. Ted Theopolos)
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EMERGENCY OFF-LOAD

050831-F-7835B-001 LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, La. - Senior Airman Jonathan R. Ash and Tech. Sgt. Ava M. Swedock, 337th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, help a Federal Emergency Management Agency worker drive an emergency vehicle off a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 31. C-5s from Air Force Reserve Commands 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., airlifted FEMA teams from California to Louisiana as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)
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Aerial Spraying

050719-F-2585R-001 The Modular Aerial Spray System on Air Force Reserve Command C-130 aircraft can use a setting called ultra-low-volume and specialized spray boom nozzles like these to spread one-half to an ounce of chemical over an acre. The droplets need only be large enough to attach to the hair on a mosquitos leg to be effective. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bryan Ripple)
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C-5 FTU at Lackland

050706-F-7708S-003 A contractor operates a front-end loader to break up cement July 6 as one of the first steps in constructing a ground training school, part of the C-5 Formal Training Unit at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Air Force Reserve Command's 433rd Airlift Wing will run the unit. Construction is scheduled to be completed by September 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Simmons)
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Paris Air Show 2005 Kid

A young aviation enthusiast, Antoni Mazur of Poland, was invited to visit the U.S. Air Force's newsest airlifter the C-130J-30 June 16. Aircraft commander, Maj. Brian Freeman, 815th Airlift Squadron, described some of the new features in the J-model's "glass" cockpit. Computers and Heads Up Displays on the most recent in the Hercules line help improve situational awarness for pilots.
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