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Charleston personnel receive AMC awards
February 6, 2008 — Editor's note: The Airlift Dispatch will recognize additional award winners as names are released in later editions. Six Charleston AFB personnel have been selected as the best in their specialty by Air Mobility Command for 2007. These individuals will now compete for Air Force Level awards. Highlights of their award packages follow: Senior Airman... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Airman 1st Class Daniel Jackson
February 6, 2008 — Airman 1st Class Daniel Jackson is a contracting specialist for the 437th Contracting Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for seven months. As a contract specialist, he buys commodities and services for Charleston AFB. He purchases everything from tools to managing the base barbershop contract. He also administers the postal service... MORE

Airman in Action: 437th Aerial Port Squadron
February 6, 2008 — MORE

Senior Airman Nicholas Sansone, 437th Aerial Port Squadron special handling section, performs a joint inspection with Dyncorp personnel on a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle. The inspection is performed to ensure an MRAP is ready to be loaded on to an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jennifer Arredondo)

CMSAF focuses on Airmen development
February 6, 2008 — The Air Force's top enlisted leader emphasized the importance of each Airman's contributions, as well as their responsibilities in the development of their Airmen and their own careers during an enlisted call at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Jan. 18. Echoing the sentiments of the three Air Force priorities, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force... MORE

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley greets Senior Master Sgt. Larry Williams, Tanker Airlift Control Center acting first sergeant, during a visit to Scott Air Force Base's Bud Andres Airman Leadership School Jan. 18. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Gilliand)

Team Charleston honors five new chiefs
February 6, 2008 — Charleston AFB honored its five newest chief master sergeants at the 2008 Chiefs Recognition Ceremony Saturday at the Charleston Club. The formal annual ceremony, put on by the Charleston AFB Chiefs' Group, officially brought two reserve and three active duty Airmen into the chiefs' realm. Those inducted into the top enlisted grade were: Chief... MORE

(From left) Chief Master Sgt. Denise Mikolajczyk, 437th Mission Support Squadron, Chief Master Sgt. Tom Clemons, 315th Maintenance Group, Chief Master Sgt. Steven Woodside, 16th Airlift Squadron and Chief Master Sgt. Danna Dibbar, 15th Airlift Squadron, perform honor guard duties during the 437th and 315th Airlift Wing Chief Master Sergeant Recognition ceremony Feb. 2 at the Charleston Club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katie Gieratz)

Charleston Mavericks defeated by Moncks Corner Bulls, 47-51
February 6, 2008 — MORE

Lorimar Bowers, 14, of the Charleston AFB Mavericks basketball team attempts a shot during a Feb. 4 basketball game at the Sports and Fitness Center here. The Mavericks played against the Moncks Corner Bulls. They lost to the Moncks Corner Bulls with a final score of 47-51. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jennifer Arredondo)

Aeromedical evacuation: Helping the wounded survive the journey home
February 6, 2008 — The Air Force Theater Hospital's 98 percent survivability rate for injured U.S. servicemembers would be meaningless if the wounded were unable to survive their journey out of the combat zone. Four years into the war, the process of saving lives and then safely transporting critically injured and ill troops out of Iraq has become one of the greatest... MORE

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Members of the 332nd Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility and volunteers, offload patients from a transport bus to a C-17 Globemaster III here, Jan. 1. The aircraft was reconfigured to support the transportation of patients, medical equipment and flight medical professionals to safely transport patients outside of the combat zone. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

C-17s to operate out of Ramstein
February 6, 2008 — In a coordinated effort between U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Reserve Command, USAFE will now have two dedicated C-17s that can provide direct support for strategic airlift requirements in the European and African areas of operation, as well as other world-wide missions. "This is the first time anything like this... MORE

Airmen in Action: 437th Maintenance Squadron
January 30, 2008 — MORE

Senior Airman Justin Guy (left), 437th Maintenance Squadron, and Airman Basic John Bainter, 437 MXS, remove absorption pads from the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 29 after a minor fuel spill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Kilgallon)

Team Charleston Airmen -- taking the fight to the enemy
January 30, 2008 — MORE

Pallets of cargo are downloaded from a Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., C-17 Globemaster III at Sather Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 21. Sather AB is located on the west side of Baghdad International Airport and is the largest mover of passengers in Iraq, averaging more than 6,200 passengers weekly, and is the second largest mover of cargo in Iraq, averaging more than 1,700 tons weekly. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)