Lift off through the fog accomplishes training in Illinois

Aircraft commander, Lt. Col. Mike Louer, Chief of Safety for the 932nd Airlift Wing, lifts off the C-40 aircraft and disappears into the clouds upon departure on a training flight Jan. 9, 2018, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The unit is responsible for maintaining and flying four of the distinguished visitor airlift planes worldwide, sometimes on short notice. Aboard to observe his Airmen at work was Maj. Gen. Craig La Fave, who is the commander of 22nd Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia. Twenty-Second Air Force has command supervision of the Reserve’s tactical air mobility operations and other vital mission sets to include distinguished visitor airlift, undergraduate pilot training, flight test operations and a highly mobile civil engineering response force. The 932nd Airlift Wing is a 22nd Air Force unit, based in Illinois near the towns of Belleville, Mascoutah, and Shiloh, Ill. The 932nd Airlift Wing is the only reserve unit flying this unique C-40 mission under Air Force Reserve Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Stan Paregien)