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Projecting The Force, cementing a bond
September 24, 2021 — Joint Base Charleston’s 15th Airlift Squadron recently teamed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) July 15th through the 20th, to deliver Project Medusa to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Their goal was to deliver and test new technology that could create “an air base in a day.” ... MORE

JB Charleston celebrates 74 years of heritage, honor, distinction
September 21, 2021 — The Air Force Ball is a union of heritage, honor, and distinction to celebrate and embrace Air Force history each year by Airman and their families. Sept. 17, 2021 services members and their families gathered aboard the USS YORKTOWN at Patriots and Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, to celebrate Air Force and Joint Base Charleston history. ... MORE

A1C Branson Taylor, Joint Base Charleston honor guard member prepares to present the colors aboard the USS YORKTOWN at Patriot’s Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Sept. 17, 2021. The Air Force Ball is a tradition to celebrate and honor the heritage of the service. This year marked the 74th birthday of the Air Force.

DAF announces mandatory COVID vaccine implementation guidelines for Airmen, Guardians
September 3, 2021 — Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has released a service implementation plan that requires Airmen and Guardians to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the following dates, unless seeking an exemption... MORE

‘Baby on board’ – Aircrew deliver Afghan baby on evacuation flight
August 27, 2021 — A 315th Airlift Wing aircrew from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina helped to deliver a baby aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III carrying vulnerable Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan, Aug. 23, moments before landing at a Middle East staging area with a jet filled with evacuees... MORE

Reservist deliver healthy baby girl on evac flight

Operation Allies Refuge: Ramstein transforms into major evac hub
August 26, 2021 — As the Air Force’s largest mobility hub, Ramstein is often a flurry of activity. But for more than a week, the base has been experiencing an unprecedented level of activity as thousands of Airmen, Soldiers, volunteers, augmentees, and other community partners support a massive evacuation operation here... MORE

Reservists give Lucy a ride in the sky with NASA mission
August 19, 2021 — What do members of the 317th Airlift Squadron, the rock band, The Beatles, and NASA have in common? Well, a Reserve aircrew who flew a seemingly routine mission, July 30, from Colorado to Florida can answer the question. The cargo, aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III, a large white shipping container from Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. directly to Kennedy Space Station, Fla. The shipping container contained NASA’s latest deep-space exploration spacecraft Lucy. We’ll get to the connection with The Beatles later... MORE

Charleston C-17 offload of Lucy spacecraft

437th Airlift Wing Airmen return from deployment
August 9, 2021 — Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing returned in mass from undisclosed locations to their friends and families waiting to welcome them home... MORE

Maj. Andrew Mills, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot, is welcomed home from his deployment by his son at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Aug. 8, 2021.

Department of the Air Force begins integrated personnel, pay system modernization
August 4, 2021 — Uniformed Total Force Airmen and Guardians are invited to create Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System accounts as part of a two-phase personnel and pay modernization program... MORE

Wanted: Innovative ideas for Spark Tank 2022
August 2, 2021 — Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021... MORE

Master Sgt. Justin Bauer from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., was awarded the Spark Tank 2021 trophy for his idea, “Innovative Approach to C-130 Wheel Repair.” Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021.

DoD directs employees to start wearing face masks again
July 29, 2021 — Following guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Defense Department has directed employees working in areas at high risk for transmission to begin using face masks again as a measure to prevent the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially the fast-moving, highly-transmittable Delta variant... MORE