AFRC command surgeon visits 349 AMW

LEFT: Col. Craig Keyes, Air Force Reserve Command command surgeon, and Chief Master Sgt. Regina Buckhalter, AFRC chief of medical enlisted force, stand with members of the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron for a photo during a visit to Travis Air Force Base, March 4. This visit to Travis was the last official visit for Buckhalter before her upcoming retirement.

BELOW: Col. Craig Keyes, Air Force Reserve Command command surgeon, presents a coin to Tech. Sgt. Clifford Baker, 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health service manager, during a visit to Travis Air Force Base, March 4, 2023. The awarding of the coin was a surprise to Baker, who received nothing but praise from his leadership.

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This certification training exercise bi-laterally hits on two major priorities: USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.’s priority to validate a Lead Wing’s ability to deploy, employ, sustain forces and execute priority Mission Essential Tasks in a degraded and operationally limited environment. It also aligns itself with the 2018 National Defense Strategy’s priority to synchronize how the entire service will operate, train, and equip (OT&E) for the future operational environment.

“Multiple entities came together to execute the mission,” said Serna. “Each entity is well-versed in their respective capabilities, but it takes time to merge tactical and operational teams that have never worked togethExercises like Agile Flag train personnel to learn the constraints that can be mitigated in future exercises and operations.”

Besides the CR presence, the exercise included active duty and guard airmen from the 366th FW, 70th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, 820th Base Defense Group, 4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Combat Communications Squadron, 186th Airlift Squadron, 103rd AS, 526th Intelligence Squadron and 53rd Air Traffic Control Squadron making this a total force effort.

According to the CR’s OT&E White Cell evaluation team, the CRE impacted AGF 23-1 by: palatizing

75 increments, joint inspecting 17 chalks, transporting 118 tons of cargo and 202 passengers, consigning six mission capable parts for three C-130s and completing 31 individual missions over seven days.

“Our airmen’s eagerness to learn and teach multicapable skills is a foundation of contingency response, which by nature of the mission, has bred multi-capable airmen since the inception of the 621st Contingency Response Wing,” said Serna. “Airmen of various Air Force Specialty Codes have learned to marshal aircraft, operate forklifts, spot drivers, build pallets and operate radios. All our airmen are essential to the mission.”