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Cargo keeps coming
February 2, 2010 — MORE

An Air Force forklift operator unloads cargo from a C-17 at Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 31. The cargo consists of equipment and supplies for supporting relief efforts in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

Keeping the force healthy
February 2, 2010 — MORE

Senior Airman Victoria Marcos administers a vaccine for H1N1 influenza to Airman 1st Class Amos Hommel at the base theater here Jan. 14. The 628th Medical Group is currently administering vaccines to ensure 100 percent compliance for military personnel. The shot is highly encouraged for civilians. Airman Marcos is assigned to the 628 MDG and Airman Hommel is assigned to the 628th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

Seventy-three Airmen to receive February promotions
February 2, 2010 — Joint Team Charleston would like to congratulate the following 73 Airmen on their February promotions:To Airman: 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Kristie Latting437th Maintenance Squadron: Ellen Gruesen628th Civil Engineer Squadron: Andrew Szoke628th Communications Squadron: Douglas Carson628th Logistics Readiness Squadron: Carlton CarterTo... MORE

Promotion graphic (U.S. Air Force graphic/Capt. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

Bonjour from Charleston
February 2, 2010 — MORE

Katelyn Tharpe proudly displays her Valentine that she colored at the Child Development Center here, Feb. 2. Once finished, the Valentines are going to be delivered to Haitian evacuees by the C-17 air crews flying around the clock missions to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Katelyn Tharpe is the daughter of Staff Sgt. Kenyetta Tharpe who is an Air Force Liason at the Naval Consolidated Brig. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

Relief comes by night
February 1, 2010 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Whitney Armstrong chains down cargo on a C-17 in Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 30. The C-17 from McChord AFB, Wash., took off from Charleston AFB to pick up cargo in Ohio before departing to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Upon delivering the supplies, the aircraft returned to the United States and made a stop in Orlando, Fla.,to drop off six American evacuees before returning to Charleston AFB. Sergeant Armstrong is a loadmaster with the 179th Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

Operation Support Haiti Supporters
January 29, 2010 — MORE

Hotdogs and hamburgers are served to members of the 437th Aerial Port Squadron here during an free lunch Jan. 29. The lunch was hosted by Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 772 cadets with Charleston Southern University to support the squadron's Airmen as they continue their work for Haiti relief efforts. The Airmen of the squadron have shipped more than 1,300 tons of cargo to Haiti, working around the clock on 12-hour shifts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

Focus on the family
January 29, 2010 — MORE

Reece Walker shows off her button at the Deployed Spouses Appreciation dinner hosted by the airman family readiness center along with the base chapel Jan. 28. The dinner was hosted to provide support for the spouses and families with deployed service members. Reece is the daughter of Staff Sgt. Dantrell Walker who is currently deployed to the middle east. Sgt. Walker is a pavement and equipment craftsman assigned to the 628th Civil Engineering Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

Charleston continues support for Haiti
January 29, 2010 — MORE

Airman Sam Leone guards a C-17 at Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28. Airman Leone is a member of the 628th Security Forces Squadron from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Joint Team Charleston has flown humanitarian missions to Haiti around the clock since the relief effort began. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

Relief effort hits home for Haitian-American Airman
January 28, 2010 — "Jan. 2, 2008 ... I remember it like it was yesterday," said Airman 1st Class Samantha Jean, recounting her first day in Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB, Texas.Her new uniforms would soon read, "U.S. Air Force," and for the young Haitian woman, now assigned to the 437th Aerial Port Squadron here, nothing could've made her prouder, she... MORE

Airman 1st Class Samantha Jean is a traffic management apprentice with the 437th Aerial Port Squadron here. Originally from Haiti, she has recently become an American citizen and has found great pride in her part of the relief effort at Charleston AFB working in the packing and crating section of her squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lauren Main)

18 AF officials call in their best for air delivery to Haiti
January 27, 2010 — When the 18th Air Force needed a recognized expert to lead the planning cell for the very first humanitarian air delivery in Haiti, they cried "Uncle."Lt. Col. Leon Strickland, call sign "Uncle" and Chief of Standardization and Evaluation for the 437th Operations Group, received the call on Sunday morning, Jan. 17. In three hours, he was on the... MORE

A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III aircraft air delivers approximately 14,000 bottles of water and 14,500 Meals Ready to Eat to the outlying area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 23, 2010. The water and rations will be distributed by members of the United Nations. Several Charleston AFB air delivery missions have been conducted to assist in the Haiti relief effort following the earthquake that hit the city Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr./Released)