Charleston Airmen win in 2007 AF Media Contest

Pope Honor Guard named AMC's best for 2007

Pope's Honor Guard has been named Air Mobility Command's Honor Guard Team of the Year for 2007.  The team had many accomplishment and were specifically requested for the color guard, firing party and Taps at Dale Earnhardt International Headquarters for a nationally-televised ceremony honoring

Pope flight engineer solves rare landing gear problem in AOR

The prospect of getting up to work at 3 a.m. isn't normal for most Airmen, even those in deployed environments where anything less than a 10-hour day is an exception. So imagine being pulled out of bed at that time after a long day of work that included a flight mission just hours earlier. To

CAFB takes top honors in AF talent contest

Charleston recently took the top three spots in the 2007 Air Force Family and Teen Talent Contest. The winners included: first place, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Mike Hemphill and his wife Kim, who attend the base chapel; second place, Danielle Major, 14, daughter of Jennifer Major, 437th

Air Force officials respond to Boeing protest

Air Force officials received a copy of Boeing's formal protest March 11on the KC-45A contract award, recently submitted to the Government Accountability Office. It is the company's right to formally submit a protest. Air Force members will carefully evaluate the protest, defend their source

Airmen aid coalition ground forces one leaflet at a time

American Airmen here and members of the Australian Defence Force recently teamed up to deliver critical information to Iraqi civilians in southern Iraq. Flying in a C-130 Hercules, Airmen from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, worked in conjunction with Australians from Overwatch Battle

Air mobility leader visits deployed Airmen

The general charged with ensuring the success of air mobility in the Global War on Terror visited Airmen deployed to the Persian Gulf Region Mar. 8. Brig. Gen. Thomas Haynes, U.S. Air Forces Central director of mobility forces, visited Airmen from various units throughout the 386th Air Expeditionary

Charleston's Aerial Port Squadron receives AMC awards

Air Mobility Command has recognized Team Charleston's 437th Aerial Port Squadron "Port Dawgs" for a job well done in 2007. Members of the 437 APS were recently presented with a number of AMC 2007 Annual Logistics Readiness Awards and 2007 AMC Transportation and Traffic Management Individual Awards.

Officials announce 2007 Air Force Media Contest winners

A panel of civilian journalists, photographers, broadcasters, teachers and public relations professionals selected the best individuals and units in Air Force print, photo and broadcast journalism for the 52nd annual Air Force Media Contest. The media contest is sponsored annually by the Secretary

Philadelphia, McGuire AFB to host Air Force Week

The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. T. Michael Moseley, recently selected Philadelphia as one of three locations to host "Air Force Week" in 2008. Activities in the Philadelphia region will begin on Memorial Day, May 26, and culminate with an Air Exposition -- featuring the Air Force Thunderbirds