Joint Base Charleston hosts runway ribbon cutting event

Military officials, construction contractors and local civic leaders gathered to mark the end of major construction efforts on the main runway, August 8, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C.The ribbon cutting ceremony featured speakers from DWG & Associates, the 628th Air Base Wing,

374 AW, JASDF team up in support of Red Flag-Alaska

More than 30 people filled the hangar checking and rechecking paperwork, ensuring each pallet was prepared for the weekend departure. Members from the 374th Logistics Readiness and 730th Air Mobility Squadrons worked hand-in-hand with their Japan Air Self-Defense Force counterparts Aug. 1, 2013, to

818th MSAS, Burundi Air Force continue partnership engagements

The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron accomplished the second of at least four building partnership and partner capacity engagements in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 15 to July 26, 2013.Four MSAS Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., were

U.S., U.K. forces partner for expeditionary training

Reflecting real-world contingency operating environments, the U.S. Air Force and Army partnered with the U.K. Royal Air Force for a Joint Task Force Port Opening during Exercise EAGLE FLAG held here, July 15-19. With a partnership that began between the USAF Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat

Bioenvironmental Engineering conducts CBRN exercise with Emergency Management and Fire

Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of

Civil Air Patrol: Auxiliary to the Air Force

Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 2012 hurricane season, as it affected 24 states with damages totaling $68 billion.Many organizations across the east coast helped with recovery efforts after the powerful storm passed, including the Delaware chapter of the Civil Air

85-year-old wins Senior Games in racquetball

As a former gymnast, auctioneer and Marine, 85-year-old William Dawkins is a man who has not slowed down with age.Dawkins won the gold in singles and the silver in doubles July 29, 2013, at the National Senior Games in Cleveland playing racquetball.Dawkins said he has been playing racquetball since

'Bucketlister' checks off visit to Fairchild

A former B-36 gunner, who was stationed here from 1952 to 1955, was provided an impromptu tour of the base Aug. 2, getting one step closer to completing his "Bucket List."Jack Werth, an 82-year-old from Indiana, and his wife Connie flew to Spokane last week with the sole purpose of visiting

Reserve units link up during refueling mission