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  • Dover maintainer cashes in on award winning idea

    A Dover reservist is $10,000 richer thanks to a suggestion that will save the Air Force millions of dollars each year.Master Sgt. Andrew Calvello, an aircraft engine mechanic supervisor with the 512th Component Maintenance Squadron, submitted the idea through the Innovative Development through

  • Charleston aircrew thinks fast during combat-zone emergency

    C-17 aircrews on departure from Iraqi airfields are accustomed to being on the lookout for threats to the aircraft, but one Charleston AFB crew from the 16th Airlift Squadron had to wrestle with a threat from within the aircraft on a recent flight out of Northern Iraq.The Globemaster III was loaded

  • AMC officials announce senior officer assignment

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignment:Col. Robert R. Allardice, Commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash., will become director of personnel, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. 

  • Leaders here recently gathered for a look into Dover AFB's future, to see how the base will need to change and adapt to meet new security and mission requirements.Among those putting predictions into building plans and funding requirements were Col. John I. Pray Jr., 436th Airlift Wing commander;

  • NASA names MacDill landing site for space shuttle

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials have named this base an alternate landing site for space shuttle missions.Alternate sites are typically selected based on weather conditions or the power level of the shuttle during re-entry.Software updates to the shuttles' landing programs

  • Six AMC officers selected for first star

    Six Air Mobility Command colonels were recently nominated by the President to the Senate for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. They are:Robert R. Allardice, commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash.Brooks L. Bash, commander, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.Michael J.

  • AMLOs turn Army, Marine airlift needs into reality

    When Army and Marine units receive orders to deploy, a small group of Air Force officers are often called upon to turn their sister services' air mobility needs into reality.These representatives, known as Air Mobility Liaison Officers, are experienced rated officers permanently based with Army and

  • Deployed EOD airman named Charleston's best

    Senior Airman William Senecal, NCO in charge of technical data and training with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal flight here, was recently named the 2003 Airman of the Year for Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Deployed here from