Air Force announces transportation awards

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Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the 2002 U.S. Air Force Transportation Awards.

Unit winners include:

-- Vehicle maintenance unit: 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

-- Vehicle operations unit: 86th LRS, Ramstein AB, Germany.

-- Combat readiness unit: 18th LRS, Kadena AB, Japan.

-- Traffic management unit: 52nd LRS.

-- Air terminal unit: 436th Aerial Port Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del.

-- Special transportation activity: 607th Air Support Squadron, Osan AB, South Korea.

-- Air Reserve Component aerial port unit: 73rd APS, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas.

-- ARC special transportation activity: 302nd LRS, Peterson AFB, Colo.

-- ARC base transportation activity: 116th LRS, Robins AFB, Ga.

Individual transportation award winners include:

-- Active-duty field-grade officer: Maj. Louis P. Seliquini Jr., 78th LRS, Robins.

-- Reserve field-grade officer: Maj. Erik D. Sutcliffe, 27th Aerial Port Squadron, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport-Air Reserve Station, Minn.

-- Active-duty company-grade officer: Capt. Angela C. Dereix, 82nd LRS, Sheppard AFB, Texas;

-- Reserve company-grade officer: 1st Lt. Will O. Newson Jr., 165th LRS, Garden City, Ga.

-- Active-duty senior noncommissioned officer: Master Sgt. Steven R. L. Benesh, 30th LRS, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

-- Reserve senior NCO: Senior Master Sgt. Gerald l. Fox, 34th APS, General Mitchell IAP-ARS, Wis.

-- Active-duty NCO: Tech. Sgt. Martin H. Simon, 18th LRS, Kadena AB.

-- Reserve NCO: Tech. Sgt. Emmanuel Bruce-Tagoe, 72nd APS, Tinker AFB, Okla.

-- Active-duty airman: Senior Airman Amie J. Rutten, 723rd Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein AB.

-- Reserve airman: Senior Airman Robert K. Bandy, 113th Logistics Squadron, Andrews AFB, Md.

-- Senior-grade civilian: William G. Pratt, 48th LRS, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.

-- Junior-grade civilian: Mario B. Saccuman, 18th LRS, Kadena AB.