Savannah, Georgia. (December 10, 2022): In this photo by Tech. Sgt. Morgan R. Whitehouse, Georgia Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 165th Airlift Wing participate in a Memorial Log Carry at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center. Since 2017, the 165th Security Forces Squadron has hosted the event to honor  fallen defenders.

Airmen volunteer for the event, an endurance test to memorialize comrades who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. Dressed in battle fatigues and wearing protective masks, the log carry signifies the unit carrying their own and is a reminder that no fallen member of the team will be forgotten. The 165th Airlift Wing is based at the Air Dominance Center at the Savannah Air National Guard Base, a training facility for units to conduct Air-to-Air Combat Training Missions for 4th and 5th generation fighters flown by the Air National Guard, Active-Duty Air Force, and the Navy and Marine Corps.

The facility provides realistic air combat training to both reservists and active-duty fighter pilots to enhance their air combat capabilities.

Recent action involving the 165th includes disaster response to hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico. In 2017, the Wing established a central hub to fly relief supplies and personnel into Puerto Rico, responding in less than 24 hours to stand up an around the clock air bridge operation to deliver supplies. In total, the Wing processed more than 2,000 personnel from over 200 Federal and State agencies and launched over 400 missions resulting in more than 2.3 million pounds of aid delivered to the island.