445th Public Affairs

The 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office synchronizes and aligns 445th communication efforts with Air Force Reserve Command and Department of the Air Force priorities. PA ensures the wing’s three priorities – Prioritize Readiness, Drive Effectiveness through Innovation, and Strengthen the Culture of Resilient Leadership – are communicated to the public and internally through an array of initiatives.

445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Phone: (937) 257-5784

Email: 445aw.pa2@us.af.mil

Master Sgt. Spencer Fisher, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, places a chock under the wheel of a C-17 Globemaster III after a flight at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 16, 2024.Crew chiefs conduct a variety of tasks after an aircraft completes a flying mission.

Olivia Lehman, a health promotion coordinator with Civilian Health Promotion Services, checks the blood pressure of Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Hartwick, 445th Maintenance Group quality assurance superintendent, during the annual Civilian Health Promotion Services Wellness Fair at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 17, 2024. During the event people were able to get information about physical health and were screened for cardiac risk, body composition analysis, and blood pressure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick OReilly)

Members of Buckeye Tigers watch a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III perform touch and goes on the flightline at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio July 10, 2024. During their visit to the wing, the group toured a 445th AW C-17 Globemaster III, received a briefing by an Air Force recruiter about career fields offered in the Air Force and what it’s like to serve in the military. The group also with Col. Michael Baker, 445th Operations Group commander, who spoke about and answered their questions about serving in the Air Force Reserve. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. Members get to experience actual flight in a real single engine airplane as the culminating event of OBAP’s (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) sponsored A.C.E. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Senior Airman Diegan Rhodes, 89th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, talks to a young member of Buckeye Tigers during a tour of the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 10, 2024. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. Members get to experience actual flight in a real single engine airplane as the culminating event of OBAP’s (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) sponsored A.C.E. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Haggerty, 89th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, talks about the flying capabilities of a C-17 Globemaster III to young members of Buckeye Tigers as they watch a C-17 perform touch and goes on the flightline at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio July 10, 2024. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. Members get to experience actual flight in a real single engine airplane as the culminating event of OBAP’s (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) sponsored A.C.E. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Second Lt. William Phillis III, 89th Airlift Squadron pilot, shows the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III to young members of Buckeye Tigers during a tour of the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 10, 2024. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. Members get to experience actual flight in a real single engine airplane as the culminating event of OBAP’s (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) sponsored A.C.E. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Lt. Col. Andrew Pierce, 89th Airlift Squadron flight commander/C-17 instructor pilot and Ohio Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Ace Academy Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program director, prepares young members of Buckeye Tigers for boarding a C-17 Globemaster III during a tour of the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 10, 2024. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Col. Michael Baker, 445th Airlift Wing Operations Group commander, speaks to young members of Buckeye Tigers about the Air Force Reserve during the group’s visit to the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 10, 2024. The Buckeye Tigers Aviation Program is an aviation organization focused on exposing young adults in middle and high school to various aviation careers in the Columbus and greater Central Ohio region. Members get to experience actual flight in a real single engine airplane as the culminating event of OBAP’s (Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals) sponsored A.C.E. (Aviation Career Education) Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Patrick OReilly)

Audric Bills, 88th Force Support Squadron director, gives remarks June 27, 2024, during the LEADership Wright-Patt program event at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Chief Master Sgt. Martin Foster, 73rd Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron senior enlisted leader, asks a question June 27, 2024, during the LEADership Wright-Patt program event at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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