• Above and beyond duty

    Staff Sgt. Brian Barnes (left), a 911th Airlift Wing cyber operations specialist, and Col. Patrick S. Ryan, Maintenance Support Group commander, stand at the position of attention while Senior Master Sgt. Brenda Mitchell states the orders for Barnes' Air Force Commendation Medal, July 30, 2012.

  • Parachute check

    Tech. Sgt. Christopher Heaney, 911th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, inspects the air channel of the C-9 canopy of a BA22 parachute, here, July 19, 2012. The air channel is vital to the opening of the parachute, without air flow the parachute will not open properly

  • Marking the raft

    Tech. Sgt. Cynthia Baum, 911th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, stencils additional information on a new F2B 20-man life raft, here, July 19, 2012. The stenciling is part of an annual inspection to ensure that the raft is operating properly and have all of the correct

  • Keeping the base safe and secure

    Airman 1st Class Hector Montanez, 911th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, safely directs traffic at the intersection of Defense Avenue and Brown Street, here, July 18, 2012. Security Forces patrolmen are responsible for base security, guiding and directing traffic, safety of all members and

  • Airman and Family Readiness Center here to help everyone

    Terry Stuart, Airman and Family Readiness Center director, discusses veterans' benefits with a 911th Airlift Wing Airman at the Airman and Family Readiness Center, here, July 18, 2012. The Airman and Family Readiness Center assists all Airmen and their family members in many aspects of life;

  • Training to specifics

    Master Sgt. Doug Obeldobel, functional area manager for the 911th Airlift Wing Knowledge Operations Management, explains record management to two journeymen, Airman Jon Novak (left) from the Operations Squadron and Airman 1st Class Quayshawn Hallenback from the Civil Engineering Squadron, here, July

  • Checking the waves

    Staff Sgt. Bob Barbish, a 911th Airlift Wing avionics technician, explains to Airman Tyler Schrecengost, a 911th AW avionics journeyman, how the oscilloscope operates in the instrument and flight control system room of the 911th AW's Avionics Flight building, July 18, 2012. General-purpose

  • C-130 multi- tasked

    The cockpit of a 911th Airlift Wing C-130 looks over the Pittsburgh International Airport's flightline, July 19, 2012. The 911th AW's 7 airplanes primarily perform the tactical portion of the airlift mission and participate in air transport of airborne forces, equipment and supplies with delivery by

  • Supply from above

    Master Sgt. Wayne Barna, a loadmaster attached to the 911th Airlift Wing, 758th Airlift Squadron, looks out the cargo door of a C-130 Hercules, moments after a heavy equipment platform weighing more than 3,000 pounds was dropped out of the aircraft above its designated drop zone in Cadiz, Ohio, July

  • Chutes up

    A fifteen-foot extraction parachute catches wind, pulling a heavy equipment platform out the rear of a 911th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules during a training exercise above a designated drop zone in Cadiz, Ohio, July 14, 2012. Two G-12 Echo parachutes were used to safely land the 3,250 pound platform

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