JB Charleston SNAP SHOT
Current as of July 2024
What We Believe …
• 628th Air Base Wing Mission: Project American power abroad and deliver superior installation support at home.
• 628th Air Base Wing Vision: Ready Warfighters, Charting Our Future…Together!
• 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
• 437th Airlift Wing Vision: Do the Mission and Have Fun
• 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
• Established: Oct 1, 2010
• Active Duty Strength: 11,500
• Total Force Strength (AD, Guard, AFRC, Civilians): 14,000
• Economic Impact (FY21): Appx. $8.7 Billion
• Aircraft in Inventory: 40 C-17 Globemaster III
• Career Specialties: 50 officer, 88 enlisted
Budget
Total FY21:
• Ops and Maintenance: $20 million
• Trans & Working Capital: $259 million
• Military Personnel: $222 million
• Non-Appropriated Fund: $3.7 million
• Mil Family Housing: $2 million
• Construction: $21 million
Key Personnel
628th Air Base Wing
Commander: Col Jason H. Parker
Dep Commander: CAPT G. Reed Koepp II
Command Chief: CMSgt David Snarr
Mission Support Group: Col Adeleke Ekundayo
Medical Group: Col Richard Kipp
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437th Airlift Wing
Commander: Col Samuel Todd
Vice Commander: Col David Myrick
Command Chief: CMSgt Lucero “Lucy” Stockett
Operations Group: Col Kyle Clinton
Maintenance Group: Col Leah Vanagas
JB CHS Information
• 628 ABW provides installation support to more than 65 DoD and Federal Agencies
• Adding all of the populations, to include dependents and retirees, JB CHS serves more than 90,000
• $9.5 billion of physical infrastructure across 23,000 non-contiguous acres
• Joint-use airfield sharing two intersecting runways with the Charleston International Airport
• 628 ABW consists of the 628th Wing Staff Agencies, the 628th Mission Support Group and the 628th Medical Group
• The 437th Airlift Wing commands the base’s premier active duty flying wing
• 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