Jan. 6, 2011 Energy Awareness: AMC Fuel Efficiency Office shows how 'efficiency promotes effectiveness' By the end of the Berlin Airlift in 1949, more than 550,000 sorties brought a half-million tons of food and 1.5 million tons of coal to the 2.5 million residents of West Berlin, Germany. In every one of those airlift sorties, Airmen made the most of every inch of space on their planes. This same
Jan. 4, 2011 Reservists load humanitarian aid for Nicaragua A C-17 Globemaster III from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston, S.C., landed here today to load humanitarian aid headed for Managua, Nicaragua.A 1984 E-One fire truck along with nearly 3.5 tons of medical supplies and firefighting equipment donated by Emergency Response Services
Jan. 3, 2011 315 AW reservists deliver humanitarian aid for new year When most people contemplate a road trip to see friends and family or enjoying an evening out during the New Year holiday, Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing here, awake in the early morning hours to prepare for a humanitarian mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for Haiti and
Jan. 3, 2011 Aerial Porters turn real world mission into training opportunity Ringing in the New Year with a weekend of humanitarian missions turned into a perfect opportunity for Charleston aerial porters to receive some valuable training.Reservists from the 38th and 81st Aerial Port Squadrons at Joint Base Charleston embarked on a 4-day mission to help deliver humanitarian
Dec. 29, 2010 TRICARE officials warn about the dangers of holiday drinking Accidents related to drunken and drugged driving claim the lives of thousands of Americans each year.TRICARE officials would like to remind beneficiaries to ensure their holiday season is relaxing, enjoyable and peaceful by remembering to drink in moderation and encouraging their loved ones to do
Dec. 21, 2010 Take time to be truly thankful Recently, I visited a website that purports to be able to rank individuals according to their annual income.Did you know that if you make $50,000 per year, you're not quite a Bill Gates or a Warren Buffet, but you are doing better than 99 percent of the 6.7 billion people in the world?Now, let's say
Dec. 20, 2010 NORAD tracks Santa from North Pole As the weather tenses up with a brisk nip in the air, servicemembers stationed at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. prepare for Santa's world-wide mission to deliver presents to children Dec. 25. Follow Santa's mission with the latest tracking
Dec. 17, 2010 Assistant Secretary says thank you The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Daniel B. Ginsberg, recently visited Joint Base Charleston with Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner. The secretary recently sent a letter to the members of the 31th Airlift Wing. It reads:"Thank you for your incredible support during my
Dec. 17, 2010 What is a CCATT? Critical Care Air Transport Teams know as CCATTs are a concept of operations born in the post Operation Desert Storm era when the medical footprint in the area of responsibility was large. The reason being was that traditional aeromedical evacuation would only provide intercontinental transport for
Dec. 17, 2010 "One of the best experiences in my life" It's 0500 ZULU and I am wake up to a cold snowy morning at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. I'm driving to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center with my respiratory therapist, Master Sgt. Danielle Romero, a deployed reservist from 934th ASTS in Minnesota. We got to the hospital to preflight the patients for