The 445th Airlift Wing is an operational wing of the United States Air Force Reserve. It is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. It flies the C-17 Globemaster III.
If mobilized, the wing becomes part of Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Famous quotes containing the word wing:
“As if her velvet helmet high
Did turret rationality.
She fans her wing up to the winde
As if her Pettycoate were lin’de
With reasons fleece, and hoises saile
And humming flies in thankfull gaile”
—Edward Taylor (1645–1729)