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446th Airlift Wing PA on January 16th, 2020
(Photo: Senior Airman Brandon Dinh, an electro-environmental technician from the 446th Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, demonstrates use of the Battery Cell Extraction Tool. Airmen at the 446th MXS entered the newly forged tool in the Spark Tank 2020 competition.)
Reserve citizen airmen Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt.
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446th Airlift Wing PA on January 4th, 2019
The world has rung in the New Year and welcomed 2019. As 2018 proved to be a year full of training, exercises and new leadership for the 446th Airlift "Rainier" Wing. Check out a summary of 2018 accomplishments and milestones pulled together from Public Affairs coverage.
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446th Airlift Wing PA on April 19th, 2018
The 446th Airlift Wing held its annual awards banquet to honor significant contributions of its Air Force Reservists, civilian workers April 7 at the Temple Theater in Tacoma.
The event celebrated the Rainier Wing's historic World War II-era contributions to the nation's security as well as diversity.
"As we celebrate our history
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446th Airlift Wing PA on February 15th, 2018
As the Wing's newest member of the Wellness Team, can you discuss some goals you would like to accomplish this year?
The first goal is to know the chapel team, especially Sergeant Allen Jackson, my Religious Support Team member. The second is to know, listen to and serve the squadrons in
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446th Airlift Wing PA on September 9th, 2011
The Washington Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an agency of the Department of Defense, presented Aug. 30 the Patriot Award to Gene Raisanen, operations manager for Delta Air Lines Cargo Operations in Seattle, in recognition of extraordinary support of an employee who serves in the United States
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446th Airlift Wing PA on December 7th, 2017
The 446th Airlift "Rainier" Wing Family and Airman Readiness is gearing up for the holiday season and is in the highly capable hands of a new director.
As the new Family and Airman Readiness director, Jill Marconi brings an extra special toolbox of skills to enhance the quality of life for
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446th Airlift Wing PA on April 20th, 2017
Over the past 60 years, winter flying missions have provided a significant contribution to how the National Science Foundation conducts scientific research in Antarctica.
The C-17 Globemaster III 2016-2017 season recently wrapped-up, and the night-vision goggle capability paired with mid-Austral winter flying continued to be a game changing airlift support for
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446th Airlift Wing PA on December 22nd, 2016
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - 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 is
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446th Airlift Wing PA on October 20th, 2016
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Congratulations to our fellow Rainier Wing airmen who have been promoted. PROMOTIONSMaster SergeantThomas Chamberlain, 36th Aerial Port Squadron
Bryan Thuman, 446th Civil Engineering Squadron
Lisa Ellison, 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron
Lindsey Coffelt, 446th Maintenance SquadronTechnical SergeantAndrew Prowant, 86th Aerial Port Squadron
Jonathon Vinson, 446th Civil Engineering Squadron
Buddy Bennett, 446th Airlift
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446th Airlift Wing PA on October 14th, 2016
The 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron will be providing roving immunization clinic services during Unit Training Assemblies starting in October.
Immunizations will be in injectable form only as nasal versions aren't available for this season. The AMDS will also give all immunizations, including influenza, in the clinic, building 691, during normal UTA
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446th Airlift Wing PA on September 29th, 2016
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - As part of a large-scale Field Training Exercise put together by the 446th Security Forces Squadron, more than 50 members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord conducted a large-scale Field Training Exercise Sept. 8-11.
Held over the September Unit Training Assembly, the exercise included U.S. Army aviation assets as
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446th Airlift Wing PA on September 8th, 2016
Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members from the 446th Airlift ‘Rainier' Wing participated in the annual Patriot Warrior exercise at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 9 through Aug. 23.
In a C-17 Globemaster III flight carrying more than 100,000 pounds of equipment and personnel, Joint Base Lewis-McChord members arrived at
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446th Airlift Wing PA on March 25th, 2016
Rainier Wing citizen airmen congregated for a commander's call, filling Hangar 9 to the max during the Reserve weekend March 6, to hear messages from leadership, including Psychological Health and the wing chaplain.
After the assembly, Chaplain (Col.) Gary Califf, Air Force Reserve Command chief chaplain, shed light on the importance
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446th Airlift Wing PA on July 17th, 2015
More than 50 Air Force Reserve medics from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at JBLM will practice caring for human and mannequin patients while taking mock fire from .50 caliber rifles and other heavy artillery Monday at 1 p.m. in an exercise dubbed "Care Under Fire."
Training for tactical combat casualty
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