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

Replace aging aircraft or risk irrelevancy, general says

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command, which is responsible for delivering war-winning capabilities to the rest of the Air Force, said during a visit to Air University here that Air Force officials must develop and buy new aircraft or risk the service becoming irrelevant. The Air Force must be

Dyess C-130s help airborne operations return to Fort Hood

"Stand Up!, Hook Up!," these were the words more than 20 personnel heard as they rushed to exit a perfectly good airplane on the first airborne operation conducted here in more than ten years, and the first such operation for a sustainment brigade. The 317th Airlift Group partnered with Fort Hood to

Air Advisor Course students learn combat first aid

CAFB delivers 2,000 MRAPs

Charleston AFB recently delivered its 2,000th Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles to warfighters overseas. "Our No. 1 priority is to ship these life-saving vehicles to our servicemembers in harm's way," said Col. John "Red" Millander, 437th Airlift Wing commander. "The men and women of Team