Two wing members claim command awards

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  • By 1st Lt. Marnee A.C. Losurdo
  • 512th Airlift Wing
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  Two 512th Airlift Control Flight loadmasters claimed Air Force Reserve Command honors recently. 

AFRC named Master Sgt. Sean Pyne, who was a technical sergeant in 2006, Airlift Control Flight Junior NCO of the Year, and Master Sgt. Adam Black was named ALCF Senior NCO of the Year. 

"When we select a person to become a member of the ALCF, it is already a given they are at the top of their profession," said Maj. Russell Carlisle, 512th ALCF commander. 

Being highly qualified in their Air Force Specialty Code is just the beginning, said the commander. ALCF members are required to become Contingency Response Element Cadre certified, which means they are proficient in tasks performed by other unit members in eight different AFSCs, including command post, airfield management and ground communications. 

"To be an enlisted ALCF member at any AFRC base puts you in pretty tall cotton," said Major Carlisle. "To then be recognized by command leadership to be at the top of that elite group is something to be very proud of." 

A few of Sergeant Pyne's accomplishments include serving 250 mandays to attend training courses to gain his initial CRE training. In addition, he passed his initial evaluation to become a CRE qualified loadmaster during the Joint Forces Exercise Maple Flag at Cold Lake, Canada, working 40 multi-national military and civilian aircraft. 

He also earned a Community College of the Air Force degree in aircrew operations and an associate's degree in history working towards his bachelors in airfield and airport management. 

While serving as a traditional reservist, Sergeant Black distinguished himself by being selected to serve as the interim affiliation program manager, leading a program that serves 22 airlift affiliated units and provides instruction to another 40 units. He organized and led deployments to Halifax, Canada, and Richmond, Va., in support of the joint exercise Southbound Trooper VI at Fort Picket, Va. His team moved 199 tons of cargo and 38 Royal Canadian Fusiliers, facilitating the first joint live-fire exercise for the Canadian Reserve Forces unit, preparing them for their deployment to Afghanistan. 

Sergeant Black also serves his community as an active member of the Rotarac, the junior rotary, in Salisbury, Md. He assisted in raising more than $6,000 at the Salisbury Festival by organizing the annual charity golf tournament. 

Wing members who would like to become a member of the 512th ALCF may have an opportunity to do so, said Major Carlisle. 

"We employ operations officers, loadmasters, personnel support for contingency operations, command post, airfield managers, aerospace ground equipment mechanics and ground radio and satellite communications specialists. We especially need command post controllers and ground radio and satellite communications specialists." 

For more information, call (302) 677-6145.