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Renowned test pilot Chuck Yeager dies
December 9, 2020 — Probably his most notable achievement was piloting the Bell X-1 experimental rocket plane, in which he became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, shortly after the founding of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service... MORE

Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager has died, Dec. 7. He was 97.

JB Charleston participates in Holocaust Remembrance Week
May 3, 2019 — Joint Base Charleston held events in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Week from April 29 to May 3, 2019. During the week, the special observance committee helped put together events such as a 5k race, Airmen reading the names 5,000 lives that were lost in the Holocaust and a speaking event where a Holocaust survivor and a College of Charleston professor spoke to Airmen to help teach and remind people of the events that occurred and to ensure they aren’t repeated... MORE

Joe Engel, Holocaust survivor, tells his story of being in concentration camps to an audience of Airmen as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week May 2, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.