July 6, 2007 Air Force Ball tickets on sale now Charleston Air Force Base is gearing up for the 2007 Air Force Ball. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the 315th Public Affairs office. The formal event will be held on Sept. 8, 2007 at the North Charleston Convention Center. Cocktails start at 6:00 p.m. and dinner begins at 7:00 p.m.
July 5, 2007 Independence Day: Unity in Diversity Generations of my family considered Sunday to be "The Lord's Day." It was viewed as a solemn day, a day of worship, quiet devotion, and quiet play. Neither of my parents ever worked on Sunday, either at their jobs or at chores around the house. We children could play, but at nothing which created a
June 28, 2007 Unit patch featured of Air Force Academy football uniforms The unit patch of the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C., has been selected as one of ten patches throughout the Air Force to be featured on the football jerseys of players from the U.S. Air Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 315th Airlift Wing patch was the only one
June 27, 2007 Some reservists won’t have to repay portion of GI Bill Selected Reserve entitlement Some Air Force Reserve members who are no longer able to participate due to Base Realignment and Closure or Program Budget Decision 720 actions, will not be required to repay a portion of their Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve entitlement. Members in their initial six-year enlistment who are
June 26, 2007 Mini C-17 touches down at "wings over Pittsburgh." With two giant C-17 Globemasters on the ramp, thousands of people were in awe of something they have never seen before, the "Mini C-17" from Charleston Air Force Base. "Does it fly?" Asked eight year old Andy Olzcak who was one of the over 300 thousand spectators at the annual "Wings Over
June 22, 2007 NSPS Infomation now available Members of the 315th Airlift Wing can now find information on the National Security Personnel System on the unit's public drive. The folder, which is accessible only on networked computers, is located at \\dkfxds01\315aw_public$\NSPS, and contains information on timelines, rules and authorities.
June 7, 2007 Airman's artwork helps fund an Air Force monument in France With the thunder of a C-17 pass and the playing of both the United States and French national anthems, a new monument dedicated specifically for the Air Force's role in the D-Day invasion was presented to the people of this small village. Lt. Col. Bert Bailey of the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift
June 7, 2007 Tupper named Fellow of Aerospace Medical AssociationPatient Col. Charles R. Tupper, a Chief Flight Nurse with the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and Patient Flow Coordinator at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center has been recognized as a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) at the AsMA 78th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans,
June 6, 2007 Reservists provide medical care in El Salvador Twenty-eight reservists with the 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C. were joined by medical military professionals from Arizona, New York and Washington in a recent humanitarian mission to El Salvador. They worked with providers from the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Niagra