Staff Sgts. Robert Gibson and Joshua Sweetman, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, put out an aircraft structural fire during live-fire training, Sept. 9, 2022 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Eight members of the 445th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services teamed up with the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department for a live-fire training exercise, Sept. 9, 2022.

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  • 445th AW, 911th AW medical teams participate in Steel Buckeye

    Approximately 65 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation and Aeromedical Staging Squadrons trained with their counterparts from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, at two locations during Steel Buckeye, August 2-3.

  • ‘Safe!’ or ‘Safe by a mile!’ … There’s a big difference

    Imagine a baseball game where a player hits a nice line-drive single to right field. A runner who had been at second takes off for third, but then fails to pick up the third base coach’s signal to hold up at third and, instead, aggressively heads for home. The throw from right field targets the

  • Command releases results from first Reserve-specific communications survey

    The results are in from a first-of-its-kind communications survey targeted specifically at Reserve Citizen Airmen.Officials with the Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs Office here, in partnership with the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office, conducted an online communications

  • Around the Wing

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kyleeann Engle, 445th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology technician, shapes metal using a belt sander at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 9, 2023. Airmen in Metals Technology use a variety of tools to fabricate and repair metal parts for

  • Annual Retiree Appreciation Day set for Oct. 27

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Air Base Wing will host the 2023 Retiree Appreciation Day at the Wright-Patt Club on Oct. 27.The annual event links attendees with various services and agencies, including the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Base agencies, Dayton Veterans

  • Air Force develops Airman Safety Action Program

    Did you know that the Air Force has created an interactive way to report safety/health hazards and offer risk mitigating solutions, anytime and anywhere? That’s right, the Air Force Safety Center has developed an easy-to-use reporting system called the Airman Safety Action Program or ASAP.

  • Warrior ethos needed to obtain objectives

    During our July unit training assembly, a trainee within the Development and Training Flight asked me, “Why did you join the military and why do you continue to serve?” I took a moment, thought to myself, “With today’s fiscal constraints, operational LIMFACs (limiting factors), and political