Lt. Col. Ray Smith

Commander of the 932nd Operations Group, Lt. Col. Ray Smith looks ahead to the last unit training assembly of fiscal year 2016. Colonel Smith is in charge of all flying operations at the Air Force Reserve Command wing located at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The 932nd Airlift Wing, organized under 22nd Air Force, flies the C-40C plane (model in background). The wing now has four C-40s in its inventory. The Air Force Reserve Command unit provides first-class, worldwide, safe, and reliable airlift for distinguished visitors and their staffs. The wing maintains aircraft for special assignment missions and equips, trains and organizes a ready force of Citizen Airmen to support and maintain all facets of air base operations involving infrastructure and security. The wing also provides worldwide medical services to the warfighter from the front line to the continental United States fixed medical treatment facilities. Colonel Smith sent off a group of his 932nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members on a deployment recently and continues to train others for future opportunities worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Stan Paregien)