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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

Maj. Kyle Benwitz, 15th Airlift Squadron, embraces his wife, Michelle, and his two daughters after returning from Southwest Asia after his squadron's four month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

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

Airman 1st Class Heather Coffman, 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron, recharges the base's new Miles ZX40 all-electric, zero pollution, low speed vehicle May 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Month of the Military Child Festival
May 9, 2007 — MORE

Cyrene Brenna, 21 months, grandaughter of Tech. Sgt. Kevin Swiecicki, plays with bubbles at the Month of the Military Child Festival Saturday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Melissa Harper)

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

Month of the Military Child Festival
May 9, 2007 — MORE

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

Senior Airman David Hardy Maintenance Squadron 1 looks before throwing the ball to first base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

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... MORE

Airmen in Action
May 2, 2007 — MORE

Staff Sgt. William Hoover, NCOIC of ground radio communications, replaces old ultra high frequency antenna with new antenna on the powered down tower, this allows command post to communicate with in and out bound aircrafts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)