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  • A doctor and several nurses from the 445th Airlift Wing’s Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Staging Squadrons, pose on board a C-17 Globemaster III here April 5, 2020 before heading to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The Airmen were notified April 4, 2020 that they would be mobilized to New York City to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. The team is currently assigned to Lincoln Hospital.

    Vice Chairman recognizes Reserve’s ‘COVID Commandos’

    During his press conference April 9, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recognized a group of Reserve Citizen Airmen medical professionals from the 445th Airlift Wing here who refer to themselves as the “COVID Commandos.”
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    Team effort gets face masks to Joint Base Charleston

    Team Charleston is teaming up to make face masks for its personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Senior Master Sgt. Michael B. Moody, 64th AEG first sergeant, oversees Staff Sgt Awa B. Diakhate, 64th AEG PERSCO, April 8, 2020. They were both forward deployed to the Javits Center in NYC to help fight against COVID-19.

    514th AMW Assists in Fighting Global Pandemic

    On Palm Sunday, more than 120 Reserve Citizen Airmen from around the nation, arrived at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to fight the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. They are doctors, nurses, respiratory technicians and support functions. Today, the medical personnel will be working out of three local hospitals in New York City to assist in the fight against COVID-19. Col. Thomas O. Pemberton, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, says this is a win-win for all. The communities are getting much needed help and the reservists are receiving valuable hands-on training of their clinical skills.
  • An Airman stands outside of a bus.

    Mobility Airmen transport medics, supplies to aid in fight against COVID-19

    U.S. Air Force Reserve mobility Airmen from California answered an urgent request April 5, deploying medical personnel to the state of New York to help combat COVID-19.
  • A doctor and several nurses from the 445th Airlift Wing’s Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Staging Squadrons, board a C-17 Globemaster III here April 5, 2020 heading to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The Airmen were notified April 4, 2020 that they would be mobilized to New York City to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Citizen Airmen will join other military personnel providing medical services at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. This deployment is part of a larger mobilization package of more than 120 doctors, nurses and respiratory technicians Air Force Reserve units across the nation provided over the past 48 hours in support of COVID-19 response to take care of Americans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mr. Patrick O’Reilly)

    445th AW Airmen deploy to NYC to battle COVID-19

    With only 24 hours’ notice, seven Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing packed their bags, said goodbye to their families and boarded a C-17 Globemaster III bound for New York City, where more than 67,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19. The team of Air Force medical professionals volunteered to deploy in response to the coronavirus crisis in New York.
  • A photo of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jared Arellano, from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron, participating during a slide presentation as part of the 624th Regional Support Group virtual unit training assembly April 4, 2020, from his home in Guam. Air Force Reserve Airmen in Hawaii and Guam continued mission readiness training during the first-ever 624th RSG virtual UTA, which was implemented to help keep Airmen safe during COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Photo)

    Pacific Warriors connect despite physical distancing

    Recognizing limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pacific Warriors here and in Guam utilized innovative solutions to increase social connections while keeping Airmen and families safe during their April unit training assembly.
  • Reservists load into a C-5 Super Galaxy Aircraft to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.

    433rd AW mobilizes medics for COVID-19 response

    In less than 36 hours, nine medics from the 433rd Airlift Wing and an Individual Mobilization Augmentee from the 59th Medical Wing here mobilized and deployed to New York City on a C-5M Super Galaxy April 5, 2020, to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
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    Charleston Reserve mobilizes medical personnel for New York COVID-19 response

    Within 48 hours of notification, the Air Force Reserve mobilized more than 120 medical personnel across the nation to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to help with the fight against COVID-19 in New York City. Joint Base Charleston’s 315th Airlift Wing mobilized a doctor, physician assistant and four nurses who are in the process of departing for JBMDL then to New York City’s Javits Center.
  • With less than 24 hours’ notice, doctors and nurses assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing, boarded a C-130 at MacDill AFB, Fla., April 5, headed for Joint Base McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J. where they will be a part of more than 100 medical professionals sent from Air Force Reserve Command to work with state and local authorities in the region as they combat COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean)

    927th ARW enters the fight to care for Americans

    With less than 24 hours’ notice, doctors and nurses assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing boarded a C-130 at MacDill AFB, Fla., April 5, headed for Joint Base McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J. where they will be a part of more than 120 medical professionals sent from Air Force Reserve Command to work with state and local authorities in the region as they combat COVID-19.
  • Capt. Tyro De Ocera, 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron nurse, loads his luggage onto the back of a truck during the mobilization process at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, April 5, 2020.

    911th AW Airmen mobilized in support of COVID-19 efforts in New York City

    Approximately 10 members of the 911th Airlift Wing with medical experience were mobilized to support COVID-19 efforts, April 5, 2020.
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