U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 94th Airlift Wing conduct MRE logistics and distribution, in-processing briefs and preparation of hot-meals to members participating in Exercise Patriot Forge 2026 at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi, June 6-8, 2026. Patriot Medic highlights joint-service and component interoperability. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Gage Daniel)
SARASOTA, Fla. ā€“ For 82 years, the fate of U.S. Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Charles C. Palmer Jr. was written only in the stark ledger of a World War II mission log: 31 out of 37 B-24s lost.
On June 8, 2026, those 82 years of waiting ended. Surrounded by family, military honors, and descendants of his family and friends he fought beside, the top-turret gunner was laid to rest at Sarasota National Cemetery in Florida.
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan ā€“ Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 94th Airlift Wing played a pivotal role in exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025, the U.S. Air Forceā€™s largest contingency response exercise of its kind in the Pacific theater, from July 10 to Aug. 8, 2025.
Stationed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., U.S. Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 94th Airlift Wing participated in a joint-force training exercise at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, Japan, under the Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) umbrella from July 10 to Aug. 8, 2025.
