April 6, 2017 Board selects seven to pin on major The 315th Airlift Wing CY17 Major Promotion Board announced that six 315th AW and one 560th RED HORSE Squadron captains have been selected to be promoted to the rank of major, officials announced this month.
April 4, 2017 Wings of Blue train, jump with Turtles Citizen Airmen from the 701st Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina took to the sky in a C-17 Globemaster III over the Arizona desert early Saturday morning for mission critical training with the U.S. Air Force’s Wings of Blue parachute team.
April 3, 2017 Charleston Reservists earns state AFA awards The South Carolina Chapter of the Air Force Association announced their selected today of a Charleston Citizen Airman as their 2017 Outstanding Aircraft Technician and Joint Base Charleston Outstanding Person of the Year.
March 31, 2017 Stopping Sexual Assault – Not Just in April The truth is, the vast majority of Airmen we serve alongside have never – and will never – sexually assault another person in their lifetime. Let me say it again for the people in the back – the vast majority of our Airmen HAVE NEVER and WILL NEVER harm another person. Hard stop.
March 30, 2017 SecAF nominee testifies before Congress Heather Wilson testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during her confirmation hearing for secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2017.
March 30, 2017 AF seeks to increase modernization budget Air Force senior leaders testified about Air Force modernization before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2017.
March 30, 2017 AF addresses pilot shortage Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, the Air Force manpower, personnel and services deputy chief of staff, testified on the pilot shortage before the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2017.
March 27, 2017 Everything is listening in the digital age Today’s environment is filled with examples of technology designed to connect Airmen to the internet: smart phones, smart watches, and other common personal technology that is always capable of connection. While Airmen grow more connected to the digital world, the connections open the door to
March 27, 2017 Miller Testifies at HASC Readiness Hearing Senior Air Force leaders were on Capitol Hill March 22 to testify and answer questions about top-priority readiness needs and challenges facing the Air Force. Chairman Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) and other members of Congress heard testimony during the House Armed
March 24, 2017 Father and son train together Altus Air Force Base trains new aircrew members every day, but on March 17, 2017, a father and son were reunited during a training mission together, 21,000 feet in the air.U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, piloted a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker and had the