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445th Airlift Wing December Spotlight Performer

Senior Airman Grace Stewart, 445th Operations Support Squadron commander’s support staff administrative journeyman, is the 445th Airlift Wing December 2020 Spotlight Performer.
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445th Airlift Wing’s November Spotlight Performer

Senior Airman Wally Jniyah, 445th Operations Support Squadron combat crew communications, is the 445th Airlift Wing November 2019 Spotlight Performer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darrell Sydnor)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Senior Airman David Smith, 445th Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment shop, measures the slack in the lines of a BA-22 parachute. If any defects are found in these measurements, the chute is set aside and inspected further. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Senior Airman David Smith, 445th Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment shop, prepares to check and repack a BA-22 parachute. The BA-22s have to be repacked once a year. The process takes approximately one hour per parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Staff Sgt. Justin Ortiz, 445th Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment shop, inspects a BA-22 parachute for any damage or debris. The process of checking and repacking the BA-22 is a long but necessary procedure to ensure our aircrew members are always safe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Staff Sgt. Justin Ortiz, a 445th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop, searches for a specific tool to properly inspect a BA-22 parachute used by the 445th Airlift Wing’s C-17 Globemaster III aircrew members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Staff Sgt. Justin Ortiz and Senior Airman David Smith, both assigned to the 445th Operations Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment shop, work diligently to inspect two BA-22 parachutes. The Reserve Citizen Airmen work on separate chutes, however, they both are readily available to assist the other with their specific tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Senior Airman David Smith, 445th Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment shop, measures the slack in the lines of a BA-22 parachute. If any defects are found in these measurements, the chute is set aside and inspected further. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joel McCullough)
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Airmen hone survival skills with SERE training

Col. John Robinson, 445th Operations Group commander, is dragged through the water by Tech. Sgt. Mackenzie Thompson, 445th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, at Choctaw Lake July 14, 2019. This training simulates the dragging motion experienced when landing in water with a parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amelia Burnett)
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Airmen hone survival skills with SERE training

Reserve Citizen Airmen practice coordinated swimming techniques to stay warm and afloat during Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training at Choctaw Lake in London, Ohio July 14, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amelia Burnett)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop key to mission success

Senior Airman Devin Litton, 445th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, checks each component of the quick-don mask while installing it in the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Litton is one of about 20 Reserve Citizen Airmen in the 445th OSS who inspects and maintains emergency equipment like the quick-don mask, flotations devices, survival kits and parachutes in each of the wing’s nine aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rachel N. Ingram)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop key to mission success

Members of the 445th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment pose for a photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rachel N. Ingram)
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Aircrew flight equipment shop key to mission success

Staff Sgt. Addison Wyckoff, 445th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, rotates a packed parachute off a C-17 Globemaster III, to be replaced by a newly-packed parachute, as part of a formal monthly inspection process. The aircrew flight equipment shop is responsible for maintaining parachutes like these, used by loadmasters during aerial delivery operations, as well as other critical equipment, like the three emergency rafts installed on each of the 445th Airlift Wing’s aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rachel N. Ingram)
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445th Ops units participate in survival training

Lt. Col. Steven Shrader, 445th Operations Group deputy commander, takes cover during Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California, Jan. 20, 2019. Members of the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group performed their annual training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, California Jan. 18-27, 2019. The training included water survival, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Evasion, and low altitude flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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445th Ops units participate in survival training

Staff Sgt. Steven Murphy, 89th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, participates in water survival training Jan. 25, 2019. Members of the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group performed their annual training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, California Jan. 18-27, 2019. The training included water survival, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Evasion, and low altitude flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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445th Ops units participate in survival training

Navy personnel and loadmasters from the 89th Airlift Squadron load a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter onto a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III at Naval Base Coronado, California, Jan. 24, 2019. Members of the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group performed their annual training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, California Jan. 18-27, 2019. The training included water survival, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Evasion, and low altitude flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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445th Ops units participate in survival training

Navy personnel and loadmasters from the 89th Airlift Squadron load a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter onto a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III at Naval Base Coronado, California, Jan. 24, 2019. Members of the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group performed their annual training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, California Jan. 18-27, 2019. The training included water survival, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Evasion, and low altitude flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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445th Ops units participate in survival training

Second Lt. Eric Bainer, 89th Airlift Squadron C-17 pilot, provides navigational support during a low-altitude flying exercise at Naval Base Coronado, California, Jan. 22, 2019. Members of the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group performed their annual training at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego, California Jan. 18-27, 2019. The training included water survival, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Evasion, and low altitude flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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Wing welcomes home Airmen from deployments

Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group, Civil Engineer Squadron, Logistics Readiness Squadron and Operations Support Squadron are welcomed home as they arrive at the Dayton International Airport throughout the month of January 2019. Approximately 150 Airmen returned from deployments in January. The wing deployed 344 Airmen in 2018 to more than 10 countries around the globe.
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Wing welcomes home Airmen from deployments

Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group, Civil Engineer Squadron, Logistics Readiness Squadron and Operations Support Squadron are welcomed home as they arrive at the Dayton International Airport throughout the month of January 2019. Approximately 150 Airmen returned from deployments in January. The wing deployed 344 Airmen in 2018 to more than 10 countries around the globe.
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