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  • Reserve pilot spearheads Air Force's efforts to go green

    Lt. Col. Stan Davis from the 317th Airlift Squadron was recognized Aug. 25 for his work introducing new approach and descent procedures here at Joint Base Charleston.The historic agreement between the Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration establishes procedures for pilots called

  • Artists cover air mobility events, places for Air Force Art Program

    In back-to-back trips, Air Mobility Command bases hosted visits by artists with the Air Force Art Program to have them document, and later recreate in their own "mind's eye," what they experienced with AMC people, planes and activities.In late-July, artists Paul Rendel of Milton, Del., and Scott

  • Air Force doubles awards earned for energy savings

    Leading the pack, team-driven excellence and noteworthy individual efforts from Air Force people earned recognition by the U.S. Department of Energy through its annual Federal Energy and Water Management Awards program. The Air Force captured almost half of the 2011 awards earned by Department of

  • Travis hospital rates high in inspection

    A Health Services Inspection conducted by the Headquarters Air Force Inspection Agency, Directorate of Medical Operations has left the medical staff at David Grant Medical Center in high spirits. In addition to successfully passing a no-notice inspection, the 60th Medical Group also received full

  • McConnell medical professionals make suicide prevention effort

    In 2010, 98 U.S. Air Force personnel completed suicide -- the highest suicide rate since current tracking methods began in 2004.The 22nd Medical Group Mental Health clinic goal is to save lives and combat those statistics Aug. 25 and 26, 2011, by hosting a briefing titled "Suicide Prevention:

  • Wing wins back-to-back Air National Guard Family of the Year honors

    The Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing is well-known by its members and local community for a family and service before self atmosphere. And now the wing is recognized nation-wide as the back-to-back winner of the Air National Guard Family of the Year award. Master Sgt. Julie Snyder, a

  • New school paves runway for educational excellence

    An crowd of guests, parents, faculty and staff all stood outside to celebrate the Aug. 15 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School Flightline Upper Academy, the base's new middle school. The on-base charter school, only a dream of local community leaders a little more

  • Deployed Fairchild K-9 supporting Manas mission

    A decade of service is more than most military members serve; in fact with the deployment tempo and demands for military working dogs, it's on the higher end of a MWD's service as well. But, Lucky is not a typical dog. At 10-years old this Belgian Malinois is the oldest MWD at the Transit Center.

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Resources for relationships available to Airmen

    Marriage can be one of the greatest experiences in life while, at the same time, being one of the most difficult to manage. With divorce rates topping 50 percent in the United States, according to the 2009 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Vital Statistics Report, finding the

  • South Carolina governer plans visit to Joint Base Charleston

    South Carolina governor Nikki Haley will be at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base Aug. 17, to ceremoniously sign the South Carolina Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act (S.404). According to an article on pewcenteronthestates.org, Haley signed the act into law this past June. The law,