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  • September Promotions

     The following Freedom Wing Airmen were recently promoted:  AirmanYvonne Elliott, 514 AESMagnet Fofanah, 514 AES Airman 1st ClassCharles Erickson, 514 AMXSJoshua Hewlett, 514 FSS Senior AirmanKyle Collins, 88 APSYanira Flores, 514 FSSJustin Laguna, 514 MXSDavid Merida, 514 MXSSavion Jahl Sweeny, 514

  • Saving lives at 40,000 feet

     Charge Medical Technician (CMT) Staff Sgt. Jillian H. Moran kneels over severely injured Staff Sgt. Ana Nichols in the cramped space of a KC-135R Stratotanker over the Caribbean Sea.Moran, a recent nursing graduate of the College of New Jersey, examines Nichols who fell because of aircraft

  • Getting ready

     “Why are we here?” asked Master Sgt. Jeffrey Szymanski, 514th Logistics Readiness Squadron superintendent of logistics plans.Many attendees of the 514th Air Mobility Wing’s Annual Mentoring Workshop responded with comments like: “to defend the United States of America,” “to fly, fight, and win,”

  • Commitment

    Commitment is probably the most feared word when it comes to relationships.  Think about when you were younger, and things started to get serious between you and a special someone.  Did you feel excited and hopeful that this person was “the one”?  Were you prepared to jump right in, feet first?  Did

  • A readiness conversation with Chief Hutchison

    “For most of us, all we know is an Air Force at war,” said Chief Master Sgt. Harold L. Hutchison.Hutchison, the command senior enlisted leader, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, visited the 514th Air Mobility Wing for

  • August Promotions

     The following Freedom Wing Airmen were recently promoted:  Senior AirmanRandolph McCray, 88 APSTianna Simon, 514 AES  Staff SergeantAndreas Dasilva, 714 AMXSDevin Dixon, 714 AMXSLauren Fisher, 714 AMXSBrandon Marlow, 714 AMXSAndrew Serna, 714 AMXSBeau Sisk, 714 AMXS Technical SergeantTheodis

  • DeSantis assumes command of 514th Ops Group

    “Together, I want to build the 4th Air Force’s premier operations group. I want to do that by founding it on professionalism, respect for one another, and accountability.”With that statement, Lt. Col. Michael A. DeSantis set his goal for his tenure as commander of the 514th Operations Group.In a

  • 514th Aeromedical stays current

    A lot can be done in two days.For the nine Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Airmen with the 514th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, those two days of training can mean the difference between life and death.“Twice a year, we have these reoccurring different training scenarios that

  • AMCcommander visits the Freedom Wing

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander coins Master Sgt. Elizabeth Ruiz 514th Logistics Readiness Squadron material management craftsman, for being a star performer within the 514th Air Mobility Wing. Everhart and Maj. Gen. Brian Dominguez, AMC mobilization assistant to the

  • Air crew and maintainers return from deployment

    Master Sgt. Christopher Baez, 78th Air Refueling Squadron, poses with his daughters, Brianna and Tatiana. 514th Air Mobility Wing air crew and maintainers returned from their respective two-month and four-month deployments to Southwest Asia July 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian