Story by Staff Sgt. Michella Stowers | 315th Airlift Wing | 06.08.2025
Airmen from the 38th and 81st Aerial Port Squadrons sharpened mission-essential skills during a biannual Port Dawg Rodeo during the June Unit Training Assembly at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The event featured six competitive challenges designed to simulate deployment tasks and build camaraderie among Reserve aerial port personnel....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Joel McCullough | 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | 05.21.2025
The Air Force Reserve has many different facets that forge it into a lethal fighting force. One of them is the career history an Airmen carries with them – some straight from basic training, some from other bases and some from other branches of the military....
Story by Capt. Daniel Phelps | 446th Airlift Wing (AFRC) | 04.02.2025
About a year ago, Tech. Sgt. Duncan Hamlin, 86th Aerial Port Squadron port dawg and Washington Youth Challenge Academy cadre, found a new calling teaching at the Academy for his civilian career. Hamlin is a Cadre Team Member assigned to the 2nd Platoon Spartans at the Washington Youth Challenge Academy....
Story by Garrett Cole | 507th Air Refueling Wing | 03.02.2025
In a high-stakes test of skill, teamwork, and readiness, members of the 72nd Aerial Port Squadron gathered for their annual 72nd APS Port Dawg Rodeo, an event designed to sharpen their abilities in a competitive environment. The squadron has held the rodeo for over a decade to build camaraderie while reinforcing mission-critical skills. Chief Master Sgt. Zachary Walker, aerial port manager,......
Courtesy Story | 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing | 12.06.2024
The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron recently hosted the 2024 Okinawa Airlift Rodeo, a multi-day event engaging entities across the base and their Japanese Self Defense Force partners. Taking place at the Passenger Terminal from November 18th to 20th, 2024. The rodeo culminated in an awards ceremony and holiday festivities to celebrate Thanksgiving. The 733 AMS moves cargo for global operations......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Lucas Weber | 911th Airlift Wing | 01.06.2024
Steel Airmen from the 32nd Aerial Port Squadron traveled to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to train on engine running onload/offload (ERO) procedures for a C-130H Hercules Jan. 6, 2024....
Story by Amanda Dick | 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | 02.21.2023
One 445th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airman earned the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency, or GAFPB, during a challenge held Feb. 1 through 3....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman | 403rd Wing | 06.06.2022
41st APS honors fallen; holds Port Dawg Memorial Run
