April 1, 2025 Two Hats, One Mission: 446th AW Airman’s Journey as Port Dawg and ChalleNGe Academy Cadre About a year ago, Tech. Sgt. Duncan Hamlin, 86th Aerial Port Squadron port dawg and Washington Youth Challenge Academy cadre, found a new calling teaching at the Academy for his civilian career. Hamlin is a Cadre Team Member assigned to the 2nd Platoon Spartans at the Washington Youth Challenge
Oct. 18, 2023 446th Airlift Wing Hosts Distinguished Flying Cross Ceremony U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Durham, commander of Fourth Air Force, recognized six Reserve Citizen Airmen with the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions during Operation Allies Refuge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Oct. 15, 2023.
Aug. 14, 2020 ODF missions to bring life-sustaining supplies to Antarctica while keeping it COVID-free A team of 30 Airmen departed here to start a two-week quarantine period in Christchurch, New Zealand, Aug. 5, before conducting missions delivering supplies to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron (EAS) is a deployed unit made up of Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing,
Jan. 12, 2020 Reserve Citizen Airmen among Spark Tank 2020 selectees Spark Tank also offers Airmen the opportunity to get their ideas in front of key enabling agencies that can share expertise and resources such as funding or personnel for the projects being presented and demonstrate pathways for intrapreneurs to make their initiatives successful.
June 6, 2017 D-Day touches Rainier Wing In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied troops crowded in to ships and crossed the tumultuous English Channel to invade German-occupied France. Arriving on the shores of Normandy, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, fought a grueling battle for a tiny piece of beach in mainland
Dec. 23, 2016 Weapons safety a benchmark program After just over one year as the 446th Airlift Wing weapons safety manager, former enlisted technical sergeant Mr. Scott Plocar was recognized by Air Force Reserve Command for his success modernizing the wing’s weapons safety program. His selection as the AFRC Outstanding Weapons Safety Civilian of
Dec. 19, 2016 446th rated effective, highly effective during inspection The 446th Airlift ‘Rainier’ Wing recently underwent a Unit Effectiveness Inspection conducted by a team from the Air Force Reserve Command’s Inspector General Office Dec. 1-6. The Rainier Wing was rated ‘Effective’ and scored ‘Highly Effective’ for the Major Graded Area of Improving the Unit, which
Nov. 7, 2016 Premiere education and training The best education and training office in the Air Force Reserve lives here at the Rainier Wing.
Nov. 1, 2016 McChord Airmen complete 60 years of Antarctic airlift Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, flew from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica Oct. 21, tracing a similar flight pattern to one flown 60 years earlier. The flight commemorated the first ever Air Force Antarctic flight flown in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II,
Sept. 1, 2016 Aeromedical evacuation mission requires constant training The 446th ‘Rainier’ Wing’s Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron undergoes constant training to be able to respond during any type of situation.