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Top-performing Airmen selected for promotion
June 14, 2007 — Thursday, 61 Charleston Airmen were selected for promotion to master sergeant and 95 were selected for technical sergeant. This year, 24,115 Airmen were eligible for promotion to master sergeant, and 6,002 were selected -- an Air Force wide selection percentage rate of 24.89 percent. The Air Mobility Command rate was 25.13 percent and the base rate... MORE

Staff Sgt. Michael Gause, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulics journeyman, is shocked as he is informed by Maj. Brad Tannehill, 437 AMXS commander, of his selction for promotion to technical sergeant in the Nose Dock 2 hangar Thursday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Children learn swimming skills at base pool
June 14, 2007 — MORE

Kayla Kolua, 7, shows her swim instructor, Josh Noble, how well she knows how to swim at the base pool June 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Airmen in Action
June 13, 2007 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Eugene Martin, 437th Services Squadron services craftsman, prepares the evening meal at Charleston AFB's Gaylor Dining Facility June 13.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Amy Hutchisson)

Charleston's Airmen make a difference AMC wide
June 13, 2007 — Charleston transformed the way Air Mobility Command did business May 1. One of Charleston's charter initiatives was to scrutinize our primary mission -- launching C-17s. During the initial implementation of the Sequence of Events initiative, the team's objective was to reduce the time required by aircrew members to prepare for C-17 missions by... MORE

News briefs
June 13, 2007 — Spotlight Wing change of command: Col. Glen Joerger will relinquish command of the 437th Airlift Wing to Col. John Millander June 25 at 10 a.m. in Nose Dock 2, building 578. The change of command will be followed by Colonel Joerger's retirement ceremony with a reception immediately following in the Charleston Club. For more information, call the... MORE

New C-17 checklist reduces redundancies
June 13, 2007 — Team Charleston has once again made its mark in the C-17 community by reducing wasted motion and time in the preflight sequence of events. A Charleston AFB team has figured out a way to shorten C-17 preflight time by one hour and 30 minutes by focusing on reducing redundancies and eliminating overlap during the aircraft preflight procedures. The... MORE

Base welcomes new group commander
June 13, 2007 — The 437th Mission Support Group welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony here Wednesday. Col. Frank Jones, former Air Force chief of protocol at the Pentagon, replaced Col. Nicholas Desport. Colonel Desport's next assignment will be as the installation and mission support deputy director for Headquarters Air Mobility Command,... MORE

Col. Frank Jones, 437th Mission Support Group commander, speaks at the Change of Command ceremony held in Nose Dock 2 June 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)

Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Sherri St. John
June 13, 2007 — Staff Sgt. Sherri St. John is an avionics test station and aircraft component journeyman with the 315th Maintenance Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for almost four years. As an avionics test station and aircraft component journeyman, she is responsible for testing, inspecting and repairing 34 different avionic line replaceable... MORE

News Briefs
June 7, 2007 — Spotlight Wing change of command: Col. Glen Joerger will relinquish command of the 437th Airlift Wing to Col. John Millander June 25 at 10 a.m. in Nose Dock 2, building 578. The change of command will be followed by Colonel Joerger's retirement ceremony with a reception immediately following in the Charleston Club. For more information, call the... MORE

Airmen run in rain to raise money for ALS
June 7, 2007 — MORE

Virgil Smith (red) and Daniel Weil (blue), Airmen Leadership School students, stop and talk to retired Brig. Gen. Thomas Mikolajcik, former 437th Airlift Wing commander, before the run to raise money for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. General Mikolajcik is currently battling ALS. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)