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  • Rangers dish up feast at AirFest 2008

    Members of the Army Chairborne Rangers served up meals to Team MacDill and guests here at AirFest 2008. They fed hundreds at the commander's chalet where they volunteered Saturday and Sunday. The rangers began the morning with breakfast then pulled out their barbecue grills and refreshments to

  • AFWiP, 2008 McGuire Air Expo planning underway

    Team McGuire personnel are diligently working to prepare for Air Force Week in Philadelphia and 2008 McGuire Air Expo. AFWiP will consist of a variety of events throughout the city from May 26 to June 2. The 2008 McGuire Air Expo will be held here May 31 and June 1. "Efforts for AFWiP are in full

  • Deep Freeze Airmen warm New Zealand community's heart

    Five-year-old Benjamin Laury talked about elephants, storm troopers and how cool pilots are -- all in a single, convoluted sentence -- as he looked around a C-17 Globemaster III April 17 here. As part of a home-schooling group invited to check out the enormous airplane that just flew into their

  • World Class: Team Dover best in Air Force

    Dover Air Force Base is the Air Force winner of the 2008 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence, the Department of Defense announced April 14. "This is the first time in the 23-year history of this prestigious award that an Air Mobility Command installation has been recognized

  • Deep Freeze team departs for first-ever night vision goggle mission

    From August through February each year Airmen here deliver supplies to the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. This season's final mission is in April and could result in the capability to fly missions to that continent year round.Team McChord Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings took

  • Charleston AFB hosts filming for 'Army Wives'

    Charleston AFB hosted the first Department of Defense-supported filming of the Lifetime Television show "Army Wives" Monday at the base exchange here. Charleston members have been working with the production company since the beginning of December on this event and since then, the script for the

  • Charleston community wins Abilene Trophy for base support

    The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Charleston community were selected as this year's recipients of the Abilene Trophy for outstanding civilian community support to Charleston Air Force Base during 2007. The Abilene Trophy, established in 1998 by the Military Relations Committee of the

  • Combat Camera Airman receives best in DOD honor

    A photojournalist from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron here has been recognized as the best in the Department of Defense. Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall was named Military Photographer of the Year. She received the honor against more than 1,700 entries submitted by her peers from all branches of the U.S.

  • Chairman of Joint Chiefs visits Pope

    Adm. Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg Monday for the first time since assuming command in October 2007. The admiral toured Pope's Green Ramp, visiting with warfighters from many of Pope's squadrons. He met with an aeromedical