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  • Charleston becomes first AFB to ship HMEEs

    Charleston Air Force Base began receiving and shipping six new U.S. Army High Mobility Engineer Excavator vehicles to warfighters in Southwest Asia Sept. 29.The HMEEs will be transported to forward deployed locations to assist Soldiers and contractors in hostile environments. The HMEE is a newly

  • Charleston Airmen accept Verne Orr Award

    Charleston Air Force Base members accepted the Verne Orr Award during the Air Force Association's 24th Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15."Our people are the best in working together to get the job done and that's exactly what the Verne Orr Award

  • McChord crowns Icon champion at block party event

    Despite warm temperatures, McChord's Hot Summer Nights and Block Party event Aug. 15 dazzled attendees with live music, a car show, an exciting cardboard boat race and an entertaining finish to Air Mobility Command's Icon singing competition. Seven teams entered the inaugural cardboard boat race at

  • Eighteen singers take stage for Grand Forks' AMC Icon

    The club was the setting for eighteen contestants to compete in an Air Mobility Command singing completion August 14, eliciting cheers, cell-phone salutes and standing ovations. Kassandra Seifert, 319th Medical Support Squadron, won the competition, known as AMC Icon. She was graded by judges Ch.

  • Air Force supports education with CCAF

    Knowledge really is power. And the Air Force knows that. The Air Force offers many benefits to those who cross into the blue - including the chance for a quality education. That's where the Community College of the Air Force comes in. The U.S. Air Force has always recognized the positive effects of

  • Sen. Conrad speaks to base at AFA picnic

    U.S. Senator Kent Conrad (N.D.) wowed spectators and thanked military members for their service during a visit to Grand Forks Air Force Base Monday for the Air Force Association summer picnic. More than 250 active duty members, retired members, civilian workers, veterans and local community leaders

  • Charleston selects first AMC Icon finalist

    Charleston AFB was the first of 11 Air Mobility Command bases and affiliate units to host the one-night AMC Icon competition July 18. AMC Icon is an AMC commander initiative based loosely around the "American Idol" TV show to showcase the vocal talents of AMC communities in a karaoke-style

  • Tuskegee Airmen Convention attendees celebrate with awards gala

    Airmen, families and friends gathered to celebrate the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Awards Gala during the 37th Annual Tuskegee Airmen Convention July 19 here. Dr. Guion Bluford, Jr., Aerospace Technology Group founder and president, pilot, engineer, scientist and NASA astronaut, was the keynote

  • Servicemembers honored at Tuskegee Airmen convention luncheon

    Military members and Tuskegee Airmen were honored at the Tuskegee Airmen National Convention military luncheon July 18. "I want people to understand whose shoulders we are standing on and what those men did for us and our Air Force," said Brig. Gen. Robin Rand, principal director to the Deputy