Air Force leaders issue 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' message

The three top Air Force leaders have issued a service-wide message explaining how Air Force people will support the Department of Defense working group evaluating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" legislation.Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master

445th AW reservists help judge JROTC drill competition

Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing volunteered as judges for the 21st Annual Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Regional "All-Air Force" Drill Meet Championships March 13 at Tecumseh High School. More than 530 JROTC cadets from 16 different drill teams participated. JROTC teams travelled from

445th AES reservist wins aviation scholarship

Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Brothers, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, won the Dream of Flight scholarship given by the Women Military Aviators at the 21st Annual Women in Aviation International conference Feb. 27. Sergeant Brothers, who currently holds a private pilots' license, plans to use a

89th Airlift Squadron reservist and family wait arrival of adopted son

A beautiful 2-year-old baby boy named Tate sits in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan while his soon-to-be adoptive parents, Capt. Scott and Kami DeBoer, wait for news at their home in Fairborn, Ohio, on when they can bring him home.The DeBoer's saga is one of approximately 65 cases in which families in the

445th Airlift Wing to receive C-17 aircraft

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - The Air Force Reserve Command announced today it will replace 10 C-5 aircraft with eight C-17s at the 445th Airlift Wing.The decision, approved by the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force fulfills the plan for retirement of the 445th Airlift Wing's aging C-5A

Annual RCPHA conducted at the 445th Airlift Wing

445th Airlift Wing reservists visit VA residents

Wing Public Affairs photographer wins command award

Senior Airman Mikhail Berlin, 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, won Air Force Reserve Command's New Photographer of the Year for 2009. Airman Berlin joined the staff in April 2009. His photographs have not only been posted in the Buckeye Flyer and Skywriter but have been posted on the wing's and

Wing Public Affairs reservists win command awards

Journalists and photographers from six Air Force Reserve Command units won multiple awards in the AFRC Media Contest. Two of those selected are from the 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office. Maj. Jose Cardenas captured second place in the picture story category and Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Caskey took

445th AES supports Total Force Haiti relief efforts

Six reservists from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, recently returned from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where they supported on-going relief efforts for Operation Unified Response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A five-person crew consisting of two flight nurses and three AE technicians