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Professional of the Week 7th Airlift Squadron

Staff Sgt. Matthew Calhoun is a C-17 Globemaster III evaluator loadmaster in the standardization and evaluation flight of the 7th Airlift Squadron. He is responsible to the squadron commander for ensuring a highly capable loadmaster force is qualified and certified to execute combat airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation missions. The Medford, Ore. native has previous experience as a C-5 Galaxy loadmaster. During his transition to the C-17, he quickly became an asset to the squadron. He rapidly qualified as an airdrop and instructor loadmaster and was recently certified as an evaluator. During the unit’s last deployment, he performed scheduler duties and was responsible for managing 11 aircrews deployed to Southwest Asia, flying five missions daily supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Staff Sergeant Sean Hinnenkamp, left, and Airman Basic Zackery Riley, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, look on as an aircrew member is processed through one of five ACCA stations as part of an exercise here Sept 30. Aircrew flight personnel assigned to the 62nd Operations Support Squadron are responsible for the maintenance, set-up, and process of aircrew through aircrew contamination control areas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Captain Richard Vance, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, approaches the first of five aircrew contamination control area stations while participating in an exercise here Sept 30. Capt. Vance is wearing an aircrew chemical warfare ensemble and breathing through an aircrew eye and respiratory protective system that enables USAF aircrew to conduct mission operations in a chemical-biological environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Aircrew flight personnel don protective gas masks as part of an exercise Sept 30 designed to prepare 62nd OSS Airmen for the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection in Oct. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

McChord Airmen assigned to the 62nd Operations Support Squadron here set up an aircrew contamination control area while participating in an exercise Sept 30 designed to prepare 62nd OSS aircrew flight personnel for the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection in October. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Airman First Class Zackery Riley, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, readies an aircrew contamination control area station for inflation during an Operational Readiness Inspection exercise here Sept 30. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Captain Richard Vance, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, left, listens as Airman First Class Zackery Riley, 62nd OSS, communicates procedures for processing through an aircrew contamination control area station Sept 30. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Captain Richard Vance, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, wearing an aircrew chemical warfare ensemble and breathing through an aircrew eye and respiratory protective system, processes through an aircrew contamination control area rinisng station as part of an exercise Sept 30. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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McChord supports humanitarian relief operations

Federal Emergency Management Agency members depart a McChord C-17 Globemaster III after arriving in Pago Pago, American Samoa Oct. 1. The mission was McChord’s first airlift to the Samoan Islands in support of humanitarian relief efforts following the Sept. 29 tsunami. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. John Cortney)
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McChord supports humanitarian relief operations

Tech. Sgt. Derrick Russell, left, and Senior Airman Jonathan Duarte, both 7th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, offload Federal Emergency Management Agency communications equipment from a McChord C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 2 at Pago Pago International Airport, American Samoa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)
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McChord supports humanitarian relief operations

Federal Emergency Management Agency discuss their mission onboard a McChord C-17 Globemaster III after arriving in Pago Pago, American Samoa Oct. 1. The mission was McChord’s first airlift to the Samoan Islands in support of humanitarian relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)
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ORI Preparation

Staff Sergeant Ryan Yarton, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, peers through an aircrew eye and respiratory protection system while processing through an aircrew contamination control area as part of an Operational Readiness Inspection exercise here Sept 30. The AERP enables USAF aircrew to conduct mission operations in a chemical-biological environment and consists of a protective hood assembly and mask, intercom for ground communications, and a blower assembly that provides de-misting. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

Staff Sgt. Ryan Yarton, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, departs one of five aircrew contamination control area stations while participating in an Operational Readiness exercise here Sept 30. Aircrew flight personnel assigned to the 62nd Operations Support Squadron will be graded during the ORI on their ability to maintain, set-up, and process aircrew through an ACCA. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ORI Preparation

McChord Airmen assigned to the 62nd Operations Support Squadron here set up an aircrew contamination control area while participating in an exercise Sept 30 designed to prepare 62nd OSS aircrew flight personnel for the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection in October. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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FEMA

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Airman Basic Ruben Rojas, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals a C-17 Globemaster III on the flightline Oct 1. In the wake of a 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake that caused a devastating tsunami to strike American Samoa, McChord Airmen, on-alert to support any tasking associated with a mounting relief effort, deployed a U.S.-based FEMA team to the region at 2 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
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FEMA

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Derrick Russell, 7th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, reviews a pre-flight checklist aboard a C-17 Globemaster III as FEMA representitives wait for take off Oct 1. In the wake of a 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake that caused a devastating tsunami to strike American Samoa, McChord Airmen, on-alert to support any tasking associated with a mounting relief effort, deployed a U.S.-based FEMA team to the region at 2 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)(U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
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FEMA

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Senior Airman Jonathan Duarte, 7th Airlift Squadron, reviews a pre-flight checklist aboard a C-17 Globemaster III Oct 1. In the wake of a 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake that caused a devastating tsunami to strike American Samoa, McChord Airmen, on-alert to support any tasking associated with a mounting relief effort, deployed a U.S.-based FEMA team to the region at 2 p.m. Thursday aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
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ATSO Joe

First Lieutenant Todd Mickels, 4th Airlift Squadron, left, and Airman First Class Sascha Shelton, 62nd Operation Support Squadron, practice hydrating while in MOPP 4 gear as part the wing's Ability to Survive training Sept 29. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ATSO Joe

Staff Sergeant Mehtar Sullivan, 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron, monitors the elapsed time on his watch as Airmen don protective gas masks while undergoing Ability to Survive and Operate training here Sept 29 in preparation for the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection in October. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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ATSO Joe

McChord Airmen process through a decontamination transition point while undergoing Ability to Survive and Operate training Sept 29 in preparation for the wing's Operational Readiness Inspection in October. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)
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