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315th wins Aircrew Excellence Award
November 28, 2018 — The skillful response and handling of an in-flight crisis by a 315th Airlift Wing crew leads to a national level award. On Aug. 17, 2018, an all Reserve Charleston-based C-17 crew, carrying medical evacuation patients, experienced a cabin pressure malfunction then, successfully completed their mission, despite poor weather conditions and emergency oxygen system malfunctions, earning the 2018 4th Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award... MORE

It starts here: Development & Training Flight
September 24, 2018 — Concern, fear, anxiety, and fatigue shadow the rigid, but unorthodox position of attention among the young men and women of the 315th Airlift Wing Development and Training Flight here. Mixed among those faces, beamed a glimmer of pride and patriotism that sparked the initiative of these recently enlisted trainees who are bound for Air Force basic military training... MORE

315th Airlift Wing Developmental Training Flight

Combat Photojournalist translates skills to help keep city safe
September 19, 2018 — Frank Govea is a Los Angeles Police Department Crime Scene Photographer III. When at Joint Base Charleston, this crime scene photographer is Reserve Citizen Airman, Master Sgt. Frank Govea, combat photojournalist assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron... MORE

Match made in medical: JB Charleston flight nurses tie knot aboard C-17
May 24, 2018 — Two Joint Base Charleston, S.C., flight nurses tied the knot on a C-17 Globemaster III. Here's their story... MORE

Charleston civic leaders take flight to Texas, attend BMT
March 21, 2018 — Various community and business leaders from the Charleston area boarded a Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster aircraft to participate in a Civic Leader tour to Texas March 15-16... MORE

4th Combat Camera wins multiple AFRC media contest awards
February 22, 2018 — The 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here earned 10 awards in the 2017 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest... MORE

The 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here earned 10 awards in the 2017 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest.

701 AS Reservists make history in U.K.
July 10, 2017 — Citizen Airmen from the 701st Airlift Squadron set the bar high by flying the first C-17 low-level pass through the “Mach Loop” and captured another win for their static display at the Yeovilton International Air Day at Royal Naval Air Station, U.K. Friday and Saturday. This was the third year for the Reservists to attend the air show and it provided them an opportunity to train several pilots and crew on the task of flying their C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at low altitudes in what is known as the Mach-Loop. The Mach-Loop derives its namesake from the town that is situated at the circuit’s southernmost point, Machynlleth, Wales... MORE

Citizen Airmen from the 701st Airlift Squadron made history by flying the first C-17 Globemaster III low-level pass through the “Mach Loop” in Wales, U.K. (Courtesy Photo by Paul Williams)

4th CTCS officially activates as part of 315th Airlift Wing
May 5, 2017 — The 4th Combat Camera Squadron was officially reactivated today in the Yonkie Auditorium at Joint Base Charleston under the 315th Airlift Wing, and Maj. Hamilton Underwood assumed the helm of the specialized Reserve unit... MORE

(from left) Lt. Col. John Robinson, 315th Operations Group commander, watches Maj. Hamilton Underwood, the units commander, unravel the 4th CCTS colors during a unit reactivation and assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., May 5. The 4th CTCS, which was formally assigned to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif., deactivated in July 2015, but was reactivated and relocated to the 315 AW due to mission need. (U.S.Air Force Photo by Michael Dukes)

4th CTCS Reservists win big in media contest
May 2, 2017 — Two Reservists with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at Joint Base Charleston recently earned top honors in the 2016 Air Force Media Contest as well as third place honors in the Department of Defense level competition... MORE

U.S. Marines watch for enemy activity during an urban clear exercise as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms, urban operations, and joint/coalition level integration training that promote operational forces' readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)

Women in Aviation Career Day continues to inspire young girls after 10 years
March 22, 2017 — More than 130 teenage girls from middle and high schools around the Lowcountry attended the 10th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day, March 21. The goal of the Career Day is for young ladies “to learn and to be inspired, and to check out some the options out there for you as careers for different jobs in the future” said Col. Jeanine McAnaney, 315th Airlift Wing vice commander. The event, one of the 315th AW’s most popular community engagement programs, features leading and pioneering women in their respective aviation related careers as guest speakers. This year’s speaker was no exception. The Air Force Reserve’s highest ranking enlisted Airman, Command Chief Master Sgt. Ericka Kelly captivated everyone by telling her life story... MORE

Air Force Reserve Command’s Command Master Chief, Ericka Kelly shares her story about growing up in a poor family in Gutemala to her current role as AFRC’s top enlisted Airman and her civilian job as a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security. the Command Chief was guest speaker at the 10th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day March 20 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tom Brading)