Sept. 10, 2024 445th Airlift Wing participates in Exercise Patriot Medic 2024 445th Airlift Wing medical Airmen joined approximately 500 U.S. Air Force Reserve medical personnel assigned to 14 units who participated in Exercise Patriot Medic 24 with Joint and Allied Forces, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 2-17, 2024.
Aug. 16, 2024 Charleston Reservist Earns Top Graduate Award for C-17 Flight Control Systems Course Master Sgt. Andrew “AJ” Turner, a reservist with the 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., recently earned Air Education and Training Command’s (AETC) Top Graduate Award during the Mobility Air Forces Integrated Instruments and Flight Control Systems C-17 Course at
July 31, 2024 445th AES, 711th HPW collaborate to improve en route patient care The 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron began assisting the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing in the development cycle of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit after a meeting July 15, bringing the medical documentation tool to Apple’s mobile
Aug. 29, 2023 445th AW, 911th AW medical teams participate in Steel Buckeye Approximately 65 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation and Aeromedical Staging Squadrons trained with their counterparts from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, at two locations during Steel Buckeye, August 2-3.
May 3, 2023 Flightline business A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh, takes off at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio on April 25, 2023. Aircrew from the 911th AW practiced tactical flying operations on Youngstown ARS’s flightline and in Trumbull County’s uncongested airspace. (U.S. Air
Dec. 10, 2022 Niagara Port Dawgs load firetruck for community in need Air transportation specialists, or port dawgs, of the 30th Aerial Port Squadron and loadmasters of the 301st Airlift Squadron loaded a firetruck and a portable water reserve tank onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, on Dec. 9, 2022, to be donated to La Ciénaga,
Feb. 1, 2022 Department of the Air Force launches pilot program to incentivize optimized flying As part of its effort to streamline operations and increase aircraft range and capability, the Department of the Air Force launched the pilot Mission Execution Excellence Program to incentivize optimized flying on aircraft that consume the most fuel across the enterprise.
Dec. 6, 2021 315th AW tradition brings Santa Flight to JBC Santa made a special appearance on the Joint Base Charleston flight line during the 315th Airlift Wing’s annual Santa Flight Sunday afternoon. JB Charleston Airmen and their families gathered to greet him aboard a C-17 Globemaster III where the children to told him what they want for Christmas. Lt.
Aug. 27, 2021 Air Force Reserve supports one of the largest airlift operations in history Reserve Citizen Airmen are playing a huge role in what is being described by senior U.S. government officials as one of the largest airlift operations in history, as Airmen are supporting the evacuation of thousands of people from Afghanistan.
Aug. 27, 2021 ‘Baby on board’ – Aircrew deliver Afghan baby on evacuation flight A 315th Airlift Wing aircrew from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina helped to deliver a baby aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III carrying vulnerable Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan, Aug. 23, moments before landing at a Middle East staging area with a jet filled with evacuees.