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Airmen in Action
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May 9, 2007 — Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Maintenance Group will host a retirement ceremony for Senior Master Sgt. Tom Hunt May 18 at 2 p.m. at the education center. For additional information, contact Master Sgt. Patrick Dumka at 963-4116. Retirement: The 437th Civil Engineer Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. John Rhodes today at 2... MORE

Air Force’s newest leaders graduate ALS
May 9, 2007 — Twenty eight Team Charleston Airmen graduated from the Airman Leadership School here May 1. Senior Airman Gabriel Miller, 315th Operations Group, earned the John L. Levitow Award during Airman Leadership School Class 07-D. The Distinguished Graduates included Senior Airmen Matthew Blackwell, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Mark Tamulonis,... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Airman 1st Class Carissa Nazzaro
May 9, 2007 — Airman 1st Class Carissa Nazzaro is a customer service apprentice with the 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for more than eight months. As a customer service specialist, she runs records maintenance in the customer service center and she loads all stock numbers for the base. She also reviews and processes... MORE

Family, friends welcome home 15th Airlift Squadron
May 9, 2007 — Eagerness could be felt throughout the second floor waiting area of the 15th Airlift Squadron.Spouses, friends and the children gazed frequently at the clock on the wall or outward to the flightline hoping to catch a glimpse of the aircraft bringing back their friends and loved ones. Even though they felt the clock on the wall seemed to have slowed... MORE

Team Charleston honors CCAF graduates
May 9, 2007 — The Charleston Air Force Base education and training flight held their annual Community College of the Air Force graduation Thursday at the Charleston Club. Chief Master Sgt. Don Schroeder, vice commandant of the college for enlisted professional military education and guest speaker, honored Team Charleston's 119 graduates. "The purpose of... MORE

Team Charleston test platform for new all-electric vehicle
May 9, 2007 — Over the next six months the four newest members of Team Charleston can be seen zipping across the base's roads, doing their part to combat the Global War on Terrorism. They are the Miles ZX40 and ZX40s -- Department of Transportation certified all-electric, zero-pollution low-speed vehicles. They are capable of moving at speeds of 25 mph for 50... MORE

Month of the Military Child Festival
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Captain named top SOS grad for 2006
May 9, 2007 — A Charleston captain was recently named the top graduate of the year for Squadron Officer School, the second consecutive year an Airmen here received that honor. Capt. Michele Lobianco, a 437th Airlift Wing executive officer previously assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, finished first in her class in June and won the Commandant's Leadership... MORE

437 MXG fosters AFSO 21 with “AGE Lean Initiative”
May 9, 2007 — The 437th Maintenance Group continues to lead Team Charleston in process improvement, this time with an initiative focused on aerospace ground equipment. Maintenance leaders from across the group met recently for an intensive four-day study and found smarter ways of providing AGE equipment to the flightline mechanic. "We made the aircraft mechanic... MORE