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  • Maintenance takes a shine to new plane

    The 932nd Maintenance Squadron has embraced a new mission: the care and tending of the C-9C fleet since their arrival last year. Unlike the venerable C-9A, whose mission was primarily medical airlift, the C-9C is designed to provide air transport to government and senior military officials. Also, the C-9C stands out in several respects. The biggest
  • Col. Donald Fletcher Jr., (left) prepares to give command of the wing to Col. Maryanne Miller while the 932nd Airlift Wing honor guard members get the flags positioned. The even took place on January 8, 2006. Photo by TSgt. Gerald Sonnenberg.

    New commander aboard

    Col. Donald Fletcher Jr., (at left) prepares to give command of the wing to Col. Maryanne Miller while the 932nd Airlift Wing honor guard members get the flags positioned.  Colonel Miller was previously the commander 932nd Operations Group.

  • Wing changes command

    Col. Maryanne Miller took the reins of the 932nd Airlift Wing from Col. Donald Fletcher, Jr., in a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base during the unit's training assembly on Sunday.  Colonel Miller previously served as the 932nd Operations Group commander before becoming the wing commander this year.  The presiding official before the crowd of

  • Total force team makes last-minute medical mission a success

    When Capt. Linda Sitton woke up her last morning in balmy Hawaii, she was prepared for a sleepy “deadhead” flight back to the mainland on an Air Force Reserve plane full of cargo. The nurse and Air Force Reservist from the 932nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott Air Force Base reported for duty, and less than an hour later, the plane had a
  • The 932nd Airlift Wing is known as the "Gateway Wing" because Scott Air Force Base is less than 30 minutes from Saint Louis. The wing flies the C-9C aircraft.

    Our newest plane arrives

  • Nightingale flies to final destination

    After 37 years of honorable service, the first C-9A Nightingale to enter service for the Air Force flew its final mission into Dover Air Force Base, and history, Aug. 30. According to Mike Leister, director of the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover received this plane because it’s the home of the only official museum in the command. “We are the

  • Dentist brings skills to Hupa Indians

    Lt. Col. (Dr.) Harvey Small, his two-week annual tour of duty to an American Indian Reservation, was both a privilege and an adventure. Colonel Small volunteered for the duty and brought his dental skills to the Hupas, who reside on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. The reservation, located in northwestern California, has the Trinity River
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