Command names Grover Loening Trophy recipient

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The 732nd Airlift Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the recipient of the Grover Loening Trophy for calendar year 2011.

Air Force Reserve Command announced its award selection May 18. The award recognizes the command's best flying unit, exclusive of combat rescue and special operations units.

Citizen Airmen in the squadron volunteered extensively to support contingency operations around the world.

Squadron C-17 crews flew 653 operational sorties in 2,444 accident-free hours. They delivered 5,210 troops and passengers and 11,203 tons of critically needed war fighting supplies and equipment to operating bases in Southwest Asia and elsewhere in the world.