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Combat Tactics Flight ensures airdrop success
March 21, 2007 — There are times when an airdrop is the only way servicemembers in Iraq or Afghanistan can get supplies, and a particular flight here ensures that mission can be accomplished. The 437th Operations Support Squadron Combat Tactics Flight is responsible for ensuring more than 125 pallets are airdropped successfully each month without error. "We play an...

Phoenix Spouse program will give Team Charleston families a squadron link
January 26, 2007 — Another program the Airman and Family Readiness flight has available for spouses is the Phoenix Spouse program. The Phoenix Spouse program is a formal unit program that offers informal peer-to-peer support to families. Volunteer spouses within a unit sign up and attend training to become their unit's Phoenix Spouse. The program is a resource to...

Airmen and Family Readiness Flight offers spouse support
January 26, 2007 — "Spouses are a major contributing factor to the Air Force mission," said Linda Lankosz, base administrator for an Air Force-wide program called Heart Link. Heart Link is a standardized spouse orientation program designed to increase awareness of the Air Force mission, customs, traditions, protocol and available resources for all spouses of...

Celebrate camaraderie with Charleston’s Daedalian flight
December 15, 2006 — Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's vision for a professional fraternal organization of American military pilots is just as significant today, if not more, than it was at its inception in 1921. The Order of Daedalians has a powerful enduring purpose, expressed by General Mitchell, to "... perpetuate the spirit of patriotism, the love of the country, the...

Fuels lab helps keep Team Charleston mission going
August 17, 2006 — About 6.3 million gallons of jet fuel is used every month on Charleston AFB. The 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory is responsible for making sure all of it is of the highest quality. "Our job is to ensure clean, dry, serviceable fuel gets to the aircraft," said Staff Sgt. Tiffani Slaughter, 437 LRS fuels lab technician. The fuels...