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September 24, 2016

Congressman Sanford Bishop announced Monday federal funding for regional airports. The Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany previously received funding.
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Eagles of America has turned around fixed-base operations at Albany’s Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.

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Eagles of America Line Service Technician Ray Appleman refuels an airplane at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Providing aviation and jet fuel is one of the many services provided by Eagles of America at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Customer Service Representative Sheila Waters keeps operations running smoothly for Eagles of America at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Eagles of America Line Service Manager Audie Dwain prepares an airplane for takeoff recently at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Lisa Hornsby is one of 18 employees servicing the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany as part of the Eagles of America FBO staff. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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The Albany-based Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is slated to receive $1,120,435 in federal airport infrastructure upgrades.

Ray Appleman refuels a DNR helicopter at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Pilots and would-be aircraft operators can bone up on flying techniques using a flight simulator at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Line Service Technician Lisa Hornsby directs a private jet as it prepares for takeoff at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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