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Charleston Airman surprises children at birthday party
May 30, 2007 — MORE

Tech. Sgt. Caroline Deal, 437th Airlift Wing paralegal, gets a tearful hug from her daughter, Taylor Deal, after surprising her at her birthday party May 26. Sergeant Deal returned home from a deployment to Iraq the day before but had kept it a secret so she could surprise her children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Hymas)

Airmen in Action
May 30, 2007 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Robert Payne, 437th Mission Support Squadron customer service technician, helps scan the fingerprint of Richard Heath, a retired master sergeant, for a new identification card. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Melissa White)

AFSO 21 improves 437 APS operations
May 30, 2007 — Last year, the 437th Aerial Port Squadron began one of the first lean initiative events coordinated through the Charleston AFB Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century office. "At the aerial port, they take great pride in the fact that warfighter lives literally depend on the cargo they process each and every day," said 2nd Lt. Chris... MORE

26 Airmen get new stripes
May 30, 2007 — Team Charleston salutes the following Airmen being promoted in June: To Airman: 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron: Julius Johnson 437th Maintenance Squadron: Kyle Coverdale To Airman 1st Class: 15th Airlift Squadron: William Davis 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Jonathan Ferguson, Mark Newton and Jordan Nichols 437 LRS: Ryan Reese and Averion... MORE

Maintenance streamlines home station check
May 24, 2007 — With the continued downsizing of the Air Force and a never-ending world-wide Global Reach mission, it's obvious that our service needs to find smarter ways to accomplish the mission. For maintenance members, this means ensuring they continue to do the same quality work in the same amount of time but with less people. This is the nature of the... MORE

17 AS assists Marines in jump exercise
May 23, 2007 — Loadmasters Staff Sgt. Brain Chaney, Staff Sgt. Will Hyde and Airman 1st Class Kevin Kehoe departed on a C-17 from Charleston AFB going to Camp Lejeune, N.C., support 20 2nd Air Delivery Marines required to participate in the joint service training jump mission May 18. MORE

Marines get checked over one last time to ensure all their gear is properly secured before boarding the C-17 out of Charleston AFB for an exercie May 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Base lifeguards train in prepartion for opening Saturday
May 23, 2007 — MORE

Jenna Pender, base pool lifeguard, moves "injured swimmer," Skylar Shepard, to the shallow end with the help of Allison Fleischauer, also a base lifeguard, during lifeguard training at the base pool May 23. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Hymas)

News briefs
May 23, 2007 — Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Civil Engineer Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Morgan Thursday at 11 a.m. in the building 60 Auditorium. For more information, call Senior Master Sgt. James Bomboy at 963-4946. Around the base Annual Water Quality Report: Inside next week's Airlift Dispatch, you will find a pamphlet of... MORE

Airman in Action
May 23, 2007 — MORE

Tech. Sgt. John Hearn, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, ignites a fire for a training exercise May 23 at the Charleston AFB fire department training facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Base dedicates Visitor Control Center
May 23, 2007 — The Charleston AFB Visitor Control Center was dedicated to a local hero and former honorary commander of the 437th Airlift Wing during a ceremony May 21 at 1 p.m. Building 1953, qt the entrance of the Dorchester Road Gate, was officially named the Samuel F. Lyons Visitor Control Center in honor of Mr. Lyons, an avid supporter of Charleston AFB... MORE