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  • Security forces endure frigid temps, still maintain excellence

    The day begins early for members of the 445th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron.  Airmen report in for duty at 4:30 a.m., arming up, performing roll call, patrolling and completing administrative tasks that they won't be able to do while they are out on the job. Plummeting winter temperatures

  • 445th AW Reservist celebrates 6 years of cancer remission

    September 4, 2008 began as a typical day for Master Sgt. Sandi Golden-Vest. She was serving as the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron clinical management flight superintendent at the time, and as a self-described "hard-charger," she was running around doing a million tasks for the upcoming Health

  • A-10 pilot guides lives with goals, balance at Yellow Ribbon

    The irresistible sway of musician Stevie Wonder's song "Superstition" helped Lt. Col. Todd Riddle urge his audience  to "dance like nobody's watching," during his keynote address at an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program training weekend here Sept. 26-28.More than 600 reservists and their loved

  • 89th AS pilot brings jiu jitsu conditioning into fitness training

    Adding new fitness routines for self-improvement can be a challenge for some individuals but for one reservist, Brazilian jiu jitsu conditioning is helping him not only maintain a fitness level to conquer the Air Force fitness test, but to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Maj. Eric Palichat, 89th

  • 445 ASTS partners with Dayton VA Medical Center for training

    Reservists that work in radiology, pharmacy, nursing, dietetics, biomedical equipment repair, or as medical technicians are becoming better equipped to handle future missions thanks to a recently renewed Memorandum of Understanding. The MOU, approved last September, partners the 445th Aeromedical

  • New program offers single Airmen free recreational activities

    Single Airmen in the 445th Airlift Wing now have an alternative to restaurant dining and hotel room TV for evenings during unit training assembly weekends. The Single Airman Programming Initiative provides social and recreation opportunities through Force Support Squadron-sponsored events. The

  • 445th SFS sharpen shoot, move, communicate skills

    "Reload!" yelled the instructor as members of the 445th Security Forces Squadron deftly replaced the training cartridges in their M-4 rifles. Rapid and tactical reload techniques were just one skill practiced during their "Shoot, Move, Communicate" course here March 9.The training course allows

  • 445th First Sergeants Council looks for ways to assist Airmen

    Although the 445th First Sergeants Council has gone through some changes recently with the recent re-election of new executive council members, the group continues to focus their attention on continuing to meet the needs of 445th Airmen, to include improving on that. The 445th First Sergeants

  • Knowing your purpose: 445 AW Services apprentice works to fight crime

    One of the benefits of being in the Air Force Reserve is that it gives you the opportunity to explore different career fields, learn new skills, and meet a diverse group of people. Senior Airman Brittany Nelson, a 445th food services apprentice, is a deputy jailer at the Campbell County Detention