JB Charleston SNAP SHOT
Current as of March 2023
What We Believe …
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628th Air Base Wing Mission: Project American power abroad and deliver superior installation support at home.
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628th Air Base Wing Vision: Ready Warfighters, Charting Our Future…Together!
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628th Air Base Wing Priorities: Develop Leaders, Generate Combat Capability, Build and Maintain a Stable Platform
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437th Airlift Wing Mission: Safe, Precise, Reliable Airlift…Anytime, Anywhere
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437th Airlift Wing Vision: Do the Mission and Have Fun
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437th Airlift Wing Priorities: Build Readiness for the 2020s, Invest in People for the long term, Establish Opportunistic Partnerships, and Sustain Mission Excellence
JB CHS Basics – numbers are estimated
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Established: Oct 1, 2010
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Active Duty Strength: 11,500
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Total Force Strength (AD, Guard, AFRC, Civilians): 14,000
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Economic Impact (FY21): Appx. $305 Million
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Aircraft in Inventory: 40 C-17 Globemaster III
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Career Specialties: 50 officer, 88 enlisted
Key Personnel
628th Air Base Wing
Commander: Col Michael Freeman
Dep Commander: CAPT Andrew Peterson
Command Chief: CMSgt Becky Bateman
Mission Support Group: Col Callistus Elbourne
Medical Group: Col Rebecca Elliott
437th Airlift Wing
Commander: Col Robert Lankford
Vice Commander: Col David Taylor
Command Chief: CMSgt Raun Howell
Operations Group: Col Carlos Berdecia
Maintenance Group: Col Grant Izzi
Budget
Total FY21:
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Ops and Maintenance: $20 million
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Trans & Working Capital: $259 million
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Military Personnel: $222 million
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Non-Appropriated Fund: $3.7 million
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Mil Family Housing: $2 million
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Construction: $21 million
JB CHS Information
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628 ABW provides installation support to more than 60 DoD and Federal Agencies
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Adding all of the populations, to include dependents and retirees, JB CHS serves more than 90,000
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$7.5 billion of physical infrastructure across 23,000 non-contiguous acres
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Joint-use airfield sharing two intersecting runways with the Charleston International Airport
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628 ABW consists of the 628th Wing Staff Agencies, the 628th Mission Support Group and the 628th Medical Group
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The 437th Airlift Wing commands the base’s premier active-duty flying wing
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437th AW consists of a wing staff, 437th Operations Group and the 437th Maintenance Group
Some Mission Partners
315th Airlift Wing
1st and 4th Combat Camera Squadron
373d Training Detachment 5
Naval Information Warfare Center- Atlantic
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
US Coast Guard
Civil Air Patrol
AFROTC – 2 Detachments
Army Transportation Detachment
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Military Sealift Command, Atlantic
