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Warrior of the week: Airman 1st Class Adam Konstanzer
August 1, 2007 — Airman 1st Class Adam Konstanzer is a security forces specialist with the 437th Security Forces Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for about seven months. As a security forces specialist, he is responsible for providing entry control point security and conducting law enforcement operations. He is also a graduate of the Phoenix Raven... MORE

Charleston rodeo team returns with awards
August 1, 2007 — MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- In a rousing final celebration, Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 awards were announced here July 27. The "best of the best" included teams from around the world. Charleston had a combined team of the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings participating in the competition this year. Rodeo, hosted by Air Mobility Command, is a... MORE

Airmen from the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings celebrate receiving the award for best C-17 maintenance team, best aerial refueling team and best C-17 airdrop aircrew
at the 2007 Rodeo on a C-17 after landing on the Charlesot AFB flightline Saturday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Aim high, Team Charleston, at the skeet and trap range
July 30, 2007 — MORE

Retired NBC art director Jim Nicholson fires at a clay pigeon during a skeet shooting game at the Charleston AFB's Skeet and Trap Range Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Charleston sends-off rodeo team
July 25, 2007 — MORE

Master Sgt. Christopher Owens, 315th Aeromedical Evacuation technician is given a high five as he walks to a C-17 minutes before taking off to McCord AFB, Wash., for the 2007 AMC Rodeo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

National police officers visit Charleston AFB
July 25, 2007 — MORE

More than 35 police officers from all over the United States came together on Charleston AFB for a group photo July 20 while they were in the area for a national motorcycle police officer competition. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

816 EAS breaks 24-hour record
July 25, 2007 — MORE

Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load a pallet of cargo onto a C-17. Units all over base have increased the operations tempo in the last few months to help support the recent surge of servicemembers into the Operation Iraqi Freedom area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Stephens)

Airmen in Action: 437th Communications Squadron
July 25, 2007 — MORE

Airman 1st class Jacob Lurvey, 437th Communications Squadron ground radio apprentice, replaces a very high frequency antenna connector in an in-transient vehicle on Charleston AFB Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberson
July 25, 2007 — Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberson is a fuels resource controller for the 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight and has been stationed at Charleston for four-and-a-half years. As a fuels resource controller, he plans, schedules, directs and controls all fuel operations in support of C-17 mission requirements. This "warrior of the week"... MORE

Charleston implements 'E-Mail for Life' initiative
July 25, 2007 — Air Force Communications Agency officials launched an initiative called E-Mail for Life, or E4L, and will affect 7,457 e-mail accounts at Charleston AFB. The program is projected to save money, jumpstart the consolidation of the service's multiple e-mail systems and provide senior leaders the capability to e-mail every Air Force member directly... MORE

Charleston AFB recognized for awarding veterans contracts
July 25, 2007 — The Department of Veterans Affairs recognized Charleston AFB for achievement under the Champions of Veteran Enterprise program during a conference June 27 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The third annual national veteran small business conference and expo honored installations with the federal achievement award for their significant contributions,... MORE