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Pilot on loan returns home from Hungary for training
June 25, 2010
U.S. Air Force Maj. Brian Nicosia discusses details on flight plans with Maj. Patrick Brady-Lee prior to flying in the C-17 simulator on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., June 21, 2010. Major Nicosia is the chief of tactics with the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary, and is visiting JB CHS for quarterly pilot training. Major Brady-Lee is the assistant director of operations with the 16th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)(Released)
News briefs - June 25
June 23, 2010
Read on to find out about upcoming events at Joint Base Charleston in this recent edition of News Briefs.
Need for shutter speed
June 23, 2010
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Harper Jr. takes a self-portrait along alongside an F-16 Aggressor aircraft from the 18th Aggressor Squadron out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during a sortie at Eielson June 15, 2010, in support of training exercise Red Flag-Alaska 10-3. Sergeant Harper captures aerial photography as part of his career as a combat cameraman. He is assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sgt. James Harper Jr./Released)
First 6 volunteer opportunities can make the most of your career
June 23, 2010
Joint Base Charleston First 6
Charleston airlift support kicks off JFEX
June 23, 2010
The tail of a Charleston C-17 fills the sky as U.S. Soldiers wait to board on the flightline at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during a joint forcible entry exercise June 21, 2010. More than 98 service members performed an airborne insertion from the C-17 during the JFEX. JFEX, which is a week-long exercise conducted six times a year by Soldiers from Fort Bragg and Airmen from Pope AFB and Joint Base Charleston, is designed to enhance cohesion between the Army and Air Force through large-scale heavy equipment and troop movements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence/Released)
Freedom Fest 2010: NWS to host all-American celebration July 2
June 23, 2010
The 2010 Freedom Fest will include a fireworks display July 2 at Marrington Plantation on Naval Weapons Station Charleston, just off of Red Bank Road. The display is scheduled to begin at approximately 9 p.m. Free parking is available and the gates open at 5 p.m. For a map of the base, visit www.militarynewcomers.com. Select "Navy" under "Base Guides," then "NWS Charleston." (U.S. Navy photo)
JB CHS congratulates newest technical sergeant selects
June 23, 2010
Air Force officials selected 7,752 of 37,185 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant. The selection rate was 20.85 percent. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
CATM range passes evaluation, resumes weapons training June 22
June 23, 2010
Darnell Edmonds, left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Foster and Joe Rackley look at a profile view of a blue print of the improved weapons firing range on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., June 21, 2010. The range was repaired due to safety deficiencies. The project started March 26 and was completed Base Wing deputy ground safety manager, Sergeant Foster is the NCO in charge of combat arms training and maintenance with the 628th Security Forces Squadron, and Mr. Rackley is Simplified Acquisition Base Engineering Requirements project manager. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)(released)
Air Force officials ban use and possession of spice, mood-altering substances
June 22, 2010
Air Force officials ban mood-altering substances (U.S. Air Force illustration)
Social networking and OPSEC: Can they coexist in today's Air Force?
June 17, 2010
Social Networking and OPSEC: Can they coexist in today's Air Force