C-17

DAYTON, Ohio – A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 445 Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB fly's over crowd at the First Four Festival in downtown Dayton's Oregon District on March 11, 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ted Theopolos)

Community leaders, Airmen come together for 445th AW C-17 Welcome Ceremony

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – More than 600 people attended the 445th Airlift Wing’s C-17 Welcome Ceremony July 9. Featured speakers included David Hobson, former U.S. Representative Ohio’s 7th District, Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, retired Brig. Gen. Howard Ingersoll, the Boeing Company representative, and Col. Stephen Goeman, 445th Airlift Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mikhail Berlin)

445th Airlift Wing begins training on C-17

The 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio received its first C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 21,2010. The aircraft is on loan from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. A maintenance field training team from Air Education and Training Command will begin training 445th maintenance personnel on this airplane. The 445th AW, an Air Force Reserve Command unit, is transitioning from flying and maintaining the C-5 Galaxy to the newer C-17. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michelle Gigante)

Dayton Gems tour 445 AW C-5 Galaxy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dayton Gems hockey player, Jonathan Ornelas, enjoys a tour of the flight deck of a C-5 Galaxy while visiting the 445th Airlift Wing Jan. 5. Twenty-five players and staff from the Dayton Gems Hockey Team enjoyed the tour as part of their orientation visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mikhail Berlin)

445th AW C-5 Galaxy kicks off Bengals vs Saints football game

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Chief Master Sgt. Joe Gough, 89th Airlift Squadron, coordinates via radio contact from the ground with the crew of a 445th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy preparing to perform a flyover over Paul Brown Stadium prior to the start of the Dec. 5 Cincinnati Bengals vs. New Orleans Saints football game. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Caskey)

445th November Spotlight Performer

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - 445th Airlift Wing Spotlight Performer for November 2010: Tech. Sgt. Dale Quigley, 445th CEFO Fire Department.

445th AW participates in water survival

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., helped make this year’s water survival training realistic for the 45 reservists from the 445th Operational Support Squadron and 89th Airlift Squadron attending the March 11-12 class. Navy helicopters used hoists to pull up each Airman from the water and return them safely to land during the final training scenario. (Courtesy photo)

445th AES reservist flies flag for sick child

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Maj. Dawn Rice, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, recently returned from a four-month deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Christmas Eve. While deployed, Major Rice flew an American flag (shown here) during a medivac flight for her life-long friend’s six-month old child who was born with the left side of his heart missing. (Courtesy photo)

C-5 flyer at Bengals game

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Master Sgt. Jonathan Winters, 89th Airlift Squadron, talks to Lt. Col. Mike Baker, 445th Operational Support Squadron, about pre-game activities on the field prior to the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Chicago Bears football game Oct. 25. Sergeant Winters and Colonel Baker coordinated the unit’s C-5 Galaxy flyover that occurred at the end of the national anthem. (U. S. Air Force photo/Laura Darden)

445th Airlift Wing mass enlistment in Buckeye territory

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – More than 13,000 Ohio State University fans witnessed a mass enlistment ceremony for 42 new enlistees coming into the Air Force Reserves and current reservists assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing during the pre-game OSU vs. Wisconsin “skull session” at the St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 10. Those re-enlisting from the wing included; Master Sgt. Phillip Finnegan, 87th Aerial Port Squadron; Master Sgt. Mark O’Connell, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron; Tech. Sgt. James Brown, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; and Tech. Sgt. Nathan Lowman, 445th Maintenance Operations Flight. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Cook)

445th Airlift Wing at the Dayton AIr Show

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - A 445th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy provided spectators at the Dayton Air Show a cool spot to watch the activities happening around them July 18 and 19. Other 445th AW participation included the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron demonstrations, a C-5 Galaxy flyover, and the 445 AW Reserve Recruiting office had recruiters talking with air show spectators. (U. S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Ken LaRock)

NCO of the Month while deployed

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Tech. Sgt. William Akers, 445th Security Forces Squadron, currently deployed with the 506 Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, checks his vector while posted in a guard tower. Sergeant Akers was chosen as the 506 ESFS Non-Commissioned Officer of the Month. He was also chosen as the squadron’s Warrior of the Week July 13. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. James Law)

Col. Steven D. Johnson

Col. Steven D. Johnson, Vice Commander

Col. Stephen D. Goeman, Commander

Col. Stephen D. Goeman, Commander

C-5 gets a new look

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Tech. Sgt. Kerry Penner, 445th Maintenance Squadron, prepares one of the 445th Airlift Wing's C-5 Galaxies for a new tail flash design. The new design was created by 445th personnel. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Bullucks)

Reservist receives Air Force honor guard award

Master Sgt. Mark Lyle is the 2008 Base Honor Guard Program Manager of the Year for the Air Force. Sergeant Lyle is a reservist in the 445th Mission Support Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ken LaRock)

Felton is AFRC's Outstanding First Sgt of the Year

AFRC's Outstanding First Sgt for 2008 is Senior Master Sgt. James Felton Jr., assigned to the 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He joined the Army after graduating from Messick High School in Memphis, Tenn., in 1981, then transferring to the Ohio Army National Guard in 1984. After a six year break in service, Sergeant Felton joined the Air Force Reserve in 1997. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Celena Wilson)

AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Senior Airman Bradley Scheidt, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, salutes Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, during Stenner’s visit here April 10. Airman Scheidt was one of several active-duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen who the general coined. Airman Scheidt, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native is deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Throughout the visit General Stenner stressed the value of total force integration in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

Patriot Guards welcome CE AIrmen home

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – Lt. Col. Thomas Kuepper, Commander, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron, is greeted at the airport by his son and members of the Ohio Patriot Guards after returning from a 6-month deployment to Iraq. Lt. Col. Kuepper and three other CE Airmen returned March 16. A group of 60 Civil Engineer Airmen returned to the base March 15. (Courtesy photo/CJ Spencer)

CE returns home after 6-month deployment

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – Staff Sgt. James Epley, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron, is greeted by family and friends after returning from a six month deployment to Southwest Asia. A group of 60 Civil Engineer Airmen returned to the base Sunday, March 15. (Air Force photo/Al Bright)

Sunrise provides perfect backdrop for C-5 Galaxy

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – The sun rising in the background provides the perfect backdrop for a C-5 Galaxy being prepped for a mission early one winter morning. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ken LaRock)

445 AW Maintenance Squadron members practice Self Aid Buddy Care

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – Members from the 445th Maintenance Squadron are working on Senior Airman Hacker's simulated injuries during the Self Aid Buddy Care portion of the 7 and 8 February weekend mega-training event. From left to right: Staff Sgt. Billingsley, Staff Sgt. Fisher, Tech Sgt. Stein, and Tech Sgt. Todd. (Air Force photo/Capt. Caoline Wellman)

Mural brightens up 445th Maintenance Group building

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Master Sgt. Roland Stinnette, 445th Maintenance Operations Flight, puts the final touches on a mural he painted in the 445th Maintenance Group building. Sergeant Stinnette was asked by Col. Anna Schulte, 445th Maintenance Group commander, to design the mural. The mural represents a collage of the 445th since its inception at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1994. In addition to being a reservist, Sergeant Stinnette is an illustrator for the 88th Air Base Wing Services division. (Air Force photo/Maj. Cynthia Harris)

Snow plow becomes C-5 cargo

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - A snow plow is loaded onto a 445th Airlift Wing C-5 aircraft Jan. 9, 2009, during a training exercise. The snow plow provides the right combination of large and heavy equipment for training purposes. The C-5 is the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory and can carry a maximum cargo weight of 270,000 pounds. (Air Force photo/Stacy Vaughn)