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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  • Tuskegee Airmen visits the wing

    Tuskegee Airmen were honored in a special ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for their heroic and courageous actions during World War II. Approximately 450 reservists and special guests welcomed ten Tuskegee Airmen from the Columbus and Cincinnati Chapters, who were among the first

  • Aeromedical members complete exercise flying on C-130

    A Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) composed of five members of the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, along with members of the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron completed a joint training exercise January 8 here while flying a C-130 from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve

  • Wing welcomes "big" change to flying mission

    There’s been a big, big change at the wing. The Dayton reserve wing received its first of 11 C-5A Galaxies Oct. 3. Air Force Reserve Command wings don’t change aircraft very often, and the 445th Airlift Wing is no exception, having flown C-141 Starlifters since the wing’s activation Oct. 1, 1994.

  • Last C-141 OIF mission

    “I don’t want anyone to treat this mission different than any other mission we’ve done in the past,” said Lt. Col. Tim Baldwin. The colonel was the aircraft commander for the last C-141 aeromedical mission flying out of Wright-Patt on Sept. 26. This mission will conclude the C-141 role in

  • And then there was one . . .

    After February 2006, there will be only one C-141 left from a fleet just over 270. The last aircraft remaining is a special one. Known as the “Hanoi Taxi,” it played a major role in Operation Homecoming during the repatriation of Americas held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam during the war. On

  • Wing C-5 pilot races in Formula One Air Race Demonstration

    Props were spinning and engines were revving as six International. Formula One Air Racers anxiously waited on the flight line for the green flag to drop so the race could begin. Maj. Steve Temple, a C-5 pilot with the 445th Airlift Wing, was among the line up flying Number 57, the “Aggressor.” This