Air Force announces transportation awards Published April 8, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- 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.