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Nightmare to miracle: REACH 797 reflects on mission

Members of the August 2019 mission, REACH 797, recently reunited via Zoom to discuss the events that led up to that day and how each played a role in a Soldier’s survival. The Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, C-17 Globemaster III flew a non-stop, 8,000-mile flight from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, after Ryan, an Army Soldier, was critically wounded in an improvised explosive blast. (Courtesy photo)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, 18th Air Force commander, poses for a photo with Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th AS from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, 18th Air Force commander, flies on a C-5M Super Galaxy during a local training flight over the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th Airlift Squadron from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, left, 18th Air Force commander, and Capt. Joel Starkey, 9th Airlift Squadron pilot, prepare a C-5M Super Galaxy for aerial refueling from a KC-46 Pegasus, assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire National Guard, during a local training flight over the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th AS from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, 18th Air Force commander, taxis a C-5M Super Galaxy before a local training flight at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th Airlift Squadron from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, 18th Air Force commander, boards a C-5M Super Galaxy before a local training flight at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th Airlift Squadron from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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18th AF commander flies with 9th AS Pelicans

Maj. Gen. Thad Bibb, 18th Air Force commander, attends a pre-flight briefing prior to a C-5M Super Galaxy training mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 16, 2021. During his tour, Bibb, who commanded the 9th Airlift Squadron from 2006-2009, is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in seven different aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Military Working Dog Vito W285, 436th Security Forces Squadron patrol drug detection dog, lays down on a bridge at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 3, 2021. MWD Vito served at Dover AFB for six years before his retirement on Nov. 9, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Military Working Dog Ramos W334, 436th Security Forces Squadron patrol explosive detection dog, lays down in the grass at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 3, 2021. MWD Ramos served at Dover AFB for six years, including two deployments, before his retirement on Nov. 9, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Military Working Dog Johny V385, 436th Security Forces Squadron patrol drug detection dog, lays down in a tunnel at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 3, 2021. MWD Johny served at Dover AFB for seven years before his retirement on Nov. 9, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

From the left, Staff Sgt. Dylan Bulick, 436th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler with MWD Johny, Tech. Sgt. Ashley Beattie, 436th SFS unit deployment manager with MWD Vito, and Malcolm Young, a former 436th SFS MWD handler with MWD Ramos, pose for a photo after their K-9s retirement from working dog service at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 9, 2021. The MWDs were retired after more than six years of dedicated service and were no longer medically able to complete their job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Staff Sgt. Dylan Bulick, left, 436th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler, and Tech. Sgt. Ashley Beattie, 436th SFS unit deployment manager, feed their K-9s their final meal in military service during a retirement ceremony at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 9, 2021. The MWDs were retired after more than six years of dedicated service and were no longer medically able to complete their job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Lt. Col. Schneider Rislin, left, 436th Security Forces Squadron commander, stands with Tech. Sgt. Ashley Beattie, 436th SFS unit deployment manager, and Military Working Dog Vito W285 as the MWD certificate of meritorious service is read during Vito’s retirement ceremony at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 9, 2021. During his six years of service, MWD Vito helped provide drug detection sweeps for 9,000 vehicles, 300 facilities and assisted the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in a dorm raid and successfully found drugs and drug paraphernalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th SFS retires three MWDs

Staff Sgt. Dylan Bulick, 436th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler, stands with MWD Johny V385 as the MWD certificate of meritorious service is read during Johny’s retirement ceremony at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 9, 2021. During his seven years of service, MWD Johny helped provide drug detection sweeps for 10,000 vehicles, 375 facilities and verified over 100 drug training aids for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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436th OSS wing tactics goes the extra mile during OAR

Airmen from the 436th Operations Support Squadron wing tactics team, pose for a photo Nov. 8, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The wing tactics office builds and provides aircrew with products needed to know when, where and how to fly when downrange. Their efforts assisted in the early success of Operation Allies Refuge, evacuating more than 124,000 people from Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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Dover AFB Ravens reflect on OAR

From the left, Senior Airman Allan Romanov, Staff Sgt. Timothy Bukovich and Senior Airman Vincent Leal, all 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven team members, stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 29, 2021. The Ravens provided security to Air Mobility Command assets during Operation Allies Refuge, the largest non-combatant evacuation operation airlift in U.S. history, evacuating more than 124,000 people from Hamid Karazai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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Chilean attaché meets with 436th AW vice commander

U.S. Air Force Col. Shannon Anderson, right, 436th Airlift Wing vice commander, meets with Chilean Air Force Col. Humberto Fernández, Chilean air attaché and head of mission, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 26, 2021. Anderson and Fernandez discussed the strategic partnership between the two countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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FRED flies missions at Dover AFB

A C-5M Super Galaxy taxis at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 26, 2021. The C-5M Super Galaxy is a strategic transport aircraft and is the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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FRED flies missions at Dover AFB

A C-5M Super Galaxy flies over Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 26, 2021. The C-5M, with a cargo load of 281,001 pounds, can fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination without aerial refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)

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Col. Matthew Husemann, 436th Airlift Wing commander, receives his first salute from a formation of Team Dover Airmen during the 436th AW Assumption of Command ceremony on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 4, 2021. Husemann takes command following an assignment as the 86th Airlift Wing vice commander at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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