By Tech. Sgt. Callie Ware, 307th Bomb Wing / Published April 16, 2021
Members of the 307th Bomb Wing Development and Training Flight post for a photo at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, April 4, 2021. The DTF prepares trainees for Air Force basic military training through hands-on instruction, classroom training, physical training and team-building exercises. (courtesy photo)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Jacob Wilwert, assigned to the 93rd Bomb Squadron, gives trainees in the 307th Bomb Wing Development and Training Flight a static tour of a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Jan. 31, 2021. The DTF is designed to ensure readiness for basic military training and to offer trainees a deeper understanding of the wing’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kate Bragg)
On Feb. 6, 2021, Senior Airman Louis Shackelford’s civilian and military worlds collided.
“I recently received my first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the February Unit Training Assembly (UTA). It was a surreal experience. I was sitting in my Air Force medical unit, in uniform, being injected with a life-saving vaccine brought to fruition by experts and scientists at my civilian job,” Shackelford said.
“It was a beautiful collision of the worlds in which I exist. I cannot remember ever feeling prouder to be both an airman and public health research professional.”
Every month, as Shackelford, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (AMDS) here, puts it, there is a Friday in which he is surrounded by brilliant scientists, researchers, and public health professionals with too many letters behind their names to keep track of at his civilian job as external relations project manager at the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoV
By Maj Candice Allen, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 15, 2021
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Hundreds of toys were available to Reserve Citizen Airmen at the Baby Bundles + Kits for Kids event hosted by the 446th Airlift Wing Women’s Council April 10 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Expecting Reserve moms and dads also received baby diapers filled with items needed to care for a newborn. Women’s Council hosted the event honoring the Month of the Military Child. (Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Carrianne Ekberg)
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Reserve Citizen Airmen select toys for their children at the Baby Bundles + Kids for Kit event April 10 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. In addition to the toys provided by 446th Airman and Family Readiness, the 446th Airlift Wing Women’s Council gave away 50 diaper bags filled with items needed to care for newborns to expecting Reserve Citizen Airmen. The Council-hosted event was
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By Senior Airman Brittany Wich, 433rd Airlift Wing / Published April 13, 2021
The 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio Fire Department firefighters brush and wash the contaminates off of firefighters in hazardous material suits during a joint training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 8, 2021. The 433rd CES and JBSA Fire Department firefighters wore mission oriented protective posture gear and HAZMAT suits to protect themselves against simulated contaminates from patients and personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)
The 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron reserve citizen Airmen load medical equipment on a C-130 J Hercules during a joint training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 8, 2021. The medical flight crew simulated the loading of medical equipment to assist in contaminated patient transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)