July issue of the Buckeye Flyer now available

The July 2013 issue of the Buckeye Flyer is now available. The official publication of the 445th Airlift Wing includes eight pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to the 445th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command and the U.S. Air Force.Top stories this month include:- 445th supports

Air Camp students tour 445th AW C-17

89 AS C-17 crew augments active duty crew while deployed

For the first time since its conversion to the C-17 Globemaster III, the 89th Airlift Squadron deployed a four-man C-17 crew to Southwest Asia May 11 to augment an active duty C-17 crew at a deployed location. Both crews are currently assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group, Detachment 1.While

Fanning becomes acting Air Force secretary

Under Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning became the acting secretary of the Air Force June 21, succeeding Michael Donley, who departed the position after more than five years.Fanning was confirmed under secretary by the Senate April 18 and, under federal law, automatically assumes the job of

Air Force sets plan to integrate women in combat jobs by 2016

The Air Force released details of the service's plan to fully integrate women into previously closed career fields June 18.The implementation plan was recently submitted to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for review.More than 99 percent of Air Force positions are currently already open to female

Farewell to a true public servant

Welsh: Sequestration continues to drain crucial capabilities from America's Air Force

The Air Force's top officer reported on the growing strain sequestration has put on readiness, personnel and modernization to a group of civic and industry leaders attending the Air Force Association's monthly breakfast here, June 17.Sequestration has hit the Air Force hard, said Air Force Chief of

Comptroller offers glimpse of post-sequester options

The budget storms assailing the Pentagon are unprecedented, the Defense Department's chief financial officer said in Washington June 13."I've never seen anything like this," Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale told an audience attending the 2013 Defense Communities National Summit, "and I hope we

Wright-Patt C-17 delivers half million meals to Haiti

445 MOS leads Air Force in recent audit

The 445th Maintenance Operations Squadron was the only Air Force unit to return no significant findings in an audit completed in April by the Air Force Audit Agency Operations Directorate. Twelve units across six commands were audited for the September through October 2012 timeframe."The audit