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Joint Base Charleston AFFA
March 25, 2024 — The Joint Base Charleston leadership team give their respective remarks for the Air Force Assistance Fund. The Air Force Assistance Fund is an annual effort to raise funds for the charities that provide support to our Air Force family in need. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Christian Silvera) MORE

In-person Senior Airman BTZ boards re-established at Joint Base Charleston
March 22, 2024 — Joint Base Charleston re-established Senior Airman Below the Zone (BTZ) in-person boards for Airmen 1st Class promoting to Senior Airman... MORE

Three Airman interact during a BTZ board.

Accelerating the Legacy 2024
February 21, 2024 — U.S. Airmen from across the nation convened for a two-day Black History Month aviation heritage event held in Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 16-17, 2024... MORE

A photo of a large group posing for a photo.

JB Charleston commemorates 22nd anniversary of 9/11
September 12, 2023 — Joint Base Charleston honored the heroes and victims of 9/11 in a ceremony today at the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department... MORE

Photo of 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire house.

JBC graduates first VVA course since COVID
January 18, 2022 — Team Charleston graduated five Airmen from the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Volunteer Victim Advocate (VVA) course Jan. 14 during a ceremony on base... MORE

TRAVEL CHANGE: All passengers two years and older traveling to U.S. are required to present negative COVID-19 test results
November 22, 2021 — In accordance with Center for Disease Control and Prevention travel guidance, all passengers two years and older traveling through Air Mobility Command terminals are required to present a negative COVID-19 viral test result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 in the last 90 days, prior to boarding a flight to the United States from a foreign country... MORE

Passengers wait to board the first flight of the Patriot Express service since 2016 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 4, 2019. The Patriot Express service was reactivated by the 724th Air Mobility Squadron to improve quality of life for Aviano Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rebeccah Woodrow)

Former senior leaders discuss the future of AMC at Mobility Statesmen
June 1, 2021 — Former commanders and command chiefs of Air Mobility Command met with Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, during the . Mobility Senior Statesmen and Mobility Enlisted Statesmen symposiums at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois on May 27, 2021... MORE

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, far left, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, far right, gather with former AMC senior leaders at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 27, 2021. For the first time, former commanders and command chiefs met to formally collaborate on efforts concerning the Mobility Air Forces during the Mobility Statesmen symposium.

AMC debuts first large-scale virtual command center during MG21
May 28, 2021 — As the Air Force’s largest and longest exercise in rapid global mobility, Mobility Guardian served as the proving ground for AMC’s first large-scale integration of an Advanced Battle Management System, ensuring decision superiority with speed, agility and resilience and advancing warfighting capabilities in support of globally-integrated operations... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Bostson, 621st Contingency Response Group contingency location team lead, tests a new virtual reality system during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, May 17, 2021. Mobility Guardian 2021 includes Air Mobility Command’s first large-scale training on Agile Combat Employment and Advanced Battle Management System through use of Tactical Data Link. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

Multi-capable Airmen sustain strategic deterrence during Mobility Guardian
May 21, 2021 — After 28 years, Airmen once again flew tankers out of Oscoda; moreover, they sustained the strategic deterrence mission by providing on-site support services during Exercise Mobility Guardian, May 15-27, 2021. ... MORE

Global mobilization before procrastination.
April 29, 2021 — Covid-19 has completely changed the world as we know it, but that doesn’t mean readiness and global mobility at comes to a standstill at Joint Base Charleston, the mission must go on. Captain Tony Urbino, a pilot and aircraft commander from the 15th Airlift Squadron, describes the importance of full spectrum readiness and upholding standards. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 437th Airlift Squadron, pose in front of a C-17 Globemaster III, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 27, 2021.