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Yakima landing boosts Rainier Wing readiness

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Yakima landing boosts Rainier Wing readiness

For the first time, 446th Airlift Wing Reserve citizen airmen landed at the newly restored Selah airstrip at the Yakima Training Center and accomplished readiness training May 1. While engaged in an exercise at the training center, Army officials called upon two C-17 Globemaster III units to transport four UH-60 Black

Rainier Wing rewards excellence

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Rainier Wing rewards excellence

Every year, the 446th Airlift "Rainier" Wing celebrates top performers with an annual awards presentation. This year, Col. Sean Pierce, 446th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenellias Smith, 446th AW command chief, presented awards for outstanding achievement at the McChord Club May 3. "Having an annual awards ceremony is

Rainier Wing focuses on wellness

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Rainier Wing focuses on wellness

Reserve citizen airmen assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing, and their families, focused on wellness Aug. 4 and 5 during a weekend dedicated to promoting strength and wellness at McChord Field. "Wingman and Family Days are essential," said Maj. Gen. Randall Ogden, commander of the Fourth Air Force. "Supporting our airmen

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Rainier Wing welcomes new leadership

The 446th Airlift Wing welcomed its newest group commander during the October Unit Training Assembly. Col. Raymundo Luevanos, who was previously stationed here in the 1990s, returned to the Rainier Wing to take charge of the 446th Mission Support Group during an Assumption of Command Ceremony Oct. 14. Presiding over the ceremony

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Staying cool under pressure

Constantly on high alert, and not knowing when or where an attack might occur, serving in a deployed environment can test even the most experienced airmen. For 16 members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, a recent deployment to Afghanistan was anything but routine. Shortly after arriving at Craig Joint Theater

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D-Day touches Rainier Wing

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied troops crowded into ships and crossed the tumultuous waters of the English Channel to invade German-occupied France. Arriving on the shores of Normandy, troops fought a grueling battle for a tiny piece of beach in mainland Europe. That day

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