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  • Picture of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jomar Cruz, 44th Aerial Port Squadron transportation specialist, observing his spotter as he operates a forklift during the first Patriot Express mission at Andersen Air Force Base, March 7, 2020.

    Guam 'Port Dawgs,' Patriot Express mission is win-win situation

    Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron here worked with the active duty's 734th Air Mobility Squadron here March 7 to support the first Patriot Express mission to land in Guam. The chartered Patriot Express “rotator” aircraft, which provides a significant cost savings to the military community, flew from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington, with a brief servicing stopover in Anchorage, Alaska, before arriving.

  • Santa's Helpers in the Pacific

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron supported aerial port operations mid-December with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron here during Operation Christmas Drop 2019. Reservists loaded more than 190 bundles aboard U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules and other partner aircraft for delivery to approximately 20,000 people living on remote islands spread across about 1.8 million square nautical miles throughout the Pacific.
  • Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 9, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Operation Christmas Drop has been providing critical supplies to 56 Micronesian Islands since 1952. The 44th Aerial Port Squadron supports the 624th Regional Support Group’s mission of providing mission essential combat readiness, quality management and peacetime deployments in the Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daena Mansapit)

    Reservists bundle Christmas joy for remote islanders

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron here alongside the people of Guam worked hand-in-hand filling boxes full of critical supplies Dec. 9 as part of Operation Christmas Drop. For the first time OCD will be using the U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to air drop bundles to 56 islands in Micronesia to continue the longest running humanitarian airlift operation in the history of the Department of Defense impacting the lives of more than 20,000 islanders.
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