6 Sep 2007

Reservists move into new C-5 Squadron Operations Facility

30 Aug 2007

445th Airlift Wing participates in OPERATION READINESS SAFEGUARD

23 Aug 2007

Reserve maintainers respond quickly to C-5 fuel spill

Fast response by maintenance crews during the off-loading jet fuel from a base C-5A Galaxy averted a major fuel spill here today, officials said. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base firefighters responded to the 445th Airlift Wing parking ramp about 1:10 p.m. when a malfunction during the off-loading of fuel into an adjacent fuel truck resulted in a

23 Aug 2007

Reservist accompanies WWII veterans on Honor Flight

My fourteen-year-old son has this habit of parading around our home saying loudly and slowly "I am dying." You get used to it. And yet, somewhere deep inside, you know it's true but you don't want to think about it. For WWII veterans my son's epigram is serious business. They are dying at a rate of 1200 a day. Recently, I had the distinct honor of

20 Aug 2007

Reservists "Can do" attitude get a wheelchair to a handicapped man in Trinidad

It took a lot of work, but thanks to two members of the 445th's 87th Aerial Port Squadron, a young man in Trinidad with cerebral palsy no longer has to be carried everywhere by family members. He now has a wheelchair. Master Sgt. Rob Haye from the APS was one of the catalysts. The sergeant, while talking with his neighbors Tom and Barb Shanahan who

16 Aug 2007

445th Airlift Wing conducts fit test for new C-5 Fuel System Maintenance Hangar

30 Jul 2007

Wing shows off C-5 at Dayton Air Show

The young and the old and everyone in between were amazed at the size of the 445th C-5 Galaxy on display at the Vectren Dayton Air Show, July 28-29, 2007 at the Dayton International Airport. They stood outside and inside the huge cargo plane craning their necks to take it all in. With a length of 247 feet, a width of 222 feet and standing 65 feet

15 Jul 2007

87th Aerial Port Squadron, 145 reservists takes over Hickam AFB air operations

The 87th Aerial Port Squadron from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base deployed 145 Airmen to Hickam AFB, Hawaii and took over port operations for two weeks June 30 to July 14, 2007. Reservists from the 87th APS were responsible for running the Air Terminal Operations Center (ATOC), cargo processing, ramp, fleet, and passenger services, supply

10 Jul 2007

Reserve medical team helping hospital on Blackfoot Indian Reservation

Seventeen Air Force reservists from the 445th Aerospace Medical Squadron left July 7 for Browning, Mont., to train and provide care for Native Americans at the Blackfeet Community Hospital. The mission for the 445 AMDS is part of Air Force Reserve Command's Innovation Readiness Training program, which allows reservists to receive training while

5 Jul 2007

Reserve Wing's Humanitarian Missions on Display at Dayton Peace Museum

For some, seeing a military exhibit at a peace museum might seem out of place, even frightening. But that's not the case at the Dayton International Peace Museum, Dayton, Ohio. The museum is currently featuring a display highlighting the humanitarian work of the U. S. Air Force Reserve 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.  And