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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...

Month of the Military Child Festival
May 9, 2007 —

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...

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...

Month of the Military Child Festival
May 9, 2007 —

Charleston AFB MXS1 crushes MOS 20-5
May 3, 2007 —

Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Gilbert Mincey
May 2, 2007 — Staff Sgt. Gilbert Mincey is a contract specialist with the 437th Contracting Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for about one year. As a contract specialist, he purchases, rents, leases and obtains supplies and services from various contracting services. He also reviews descriptions of required supplies and services, he solicits and...

Airmen in Action
May 2, 2007 —

14th AS Pelicans deliver Davis-Monthan AFB augmentees loadmaster training
May 2, 2007 — It was 91 degrees in the hot, arid climate of the Arizona desert. Tail 1190 landed at Davis-Monthan AFB and Team Charleston's loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Jason Brown and Airmen 1st Class Matthew Efird, James Soto and Peter Jensen of the 14th Airlift Squadron kicked into gear. In an effort to further develop Air Force capabilities for the Global War on...

Charleston AFB hosts WWII Flying Tigers annual reunion
May 2, 2007 — The Flying Tigers, a highly decorated fighter group during WWII, held a reunion here recently. Fourteen of the original American Volunteer Group, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, met on base to reunite, see the Team Charleston mission and tell their story to base Airmen April 27. The Flying Tigers and their family members were welcomed by Col. Glen...