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  • Cyber safety top priority at Fairchild

    "Don't take candy from a stranger." This is the phrase Maj. Pamela Woolley, 92nd Communications Squadron commander, used to explain how computer users should respond to Internet and computer safety ... Keep yourself safe and stay on the lookout for trouble. Fairchild's Cyber Security Awareness Day

  • Dover colonel helps Charleston lean checks

    The 436th Maintenance Group commander, Col. Robert Hamm, headed south Aug. 6 through Aug. 10 and kicked off 'lean' initiatives at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Charleston chose Dover AFB because of its command-wide reputation for having made huge strides in Air Force Smart Operations 21 programs

  • Charleston maintainers lean process for HSC

    The 437th Maintenance Squadron Home Station Check Airmen hosted a rapid improvement lean event here from Aug. 6 to Aug. 10 to increase aircraft availability and reduce total cost for Charleston AFB. HSC is a thorough three-day inspection done every 120 days on an aircraft while it's at home station.

  • Saving makes a world of a difference

    Are you the kind of person who hasn't trusted the bank since the Great Depression and save your money under the mattress? Are you an active investor with a majority of funds in some sort of account or another? Or do you happen to be the type of person who just doesn't bother to save? If you answered

  • Charleston holds exercise similar to Virginia Tech incident

    Charleston AFB held a simulated emergency base-wide exercise Aug. 1, which compared to the Virginia Tech shootings earlier this year. The objective of a base-wide exercise was to test the initial and tactical response of the base in the event of an emergency. "The base as a whole did very well

  • Liberating benevolence

    A sense of relief has no monetary value. It can't be bought. It can't be sold. But it can be given. The Air Force Aid Society, the official charity of the U.S. Air Force has had more practice in giving than Santa Claus. Located at all Air Force bases world wide, the AFAS has contributed significant

  • Who doesn't want good credit?

    Buying a house, furniture, car or recreational vehicle. Applying for a loan. Getting an apartment. These are sometimes necessary things that can be very difficult for someone with bad credit, but it doesn't have to be a permanent situation. There are many things one can do to work their way up to

  • ‘Devil Dogs’ vie for top air mobility flying award at Rodeo

    Waiting for the opening ceremony of Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 to begin here Sunday, restless troops started a "wave," the time-killing diversion practiced by crowds at sporting stadiums nationwide. It made its way through most of the 2,500 participants before stopping cold when it reached a group of

  • Rodeo officials announce winners of 37 competitions

    Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 officials announced the winners of 37 awards Thursday. The following awards were presented by Gen. Duncan McNabb, commander, Air Mobility Command, to the winning teams at Rainier Ranch here. Best Operation Support Aircraft-VIP Special Air Mission - 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews

  • Umpires go back to basics for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007

    As smoke and the smell of burning rubber drift off the McChord Air Force Base, Wash., runway, two Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 umpires are in search of the "hot spot," the location where the C-130 Hercules first touched down. They bring along their high-tech equipment; their left hands. Majors Dave