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Lanier Assumes Command of 315th Airlift Wing
April 16, 2024 — Col. Stephen Lanier assumed command of the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, during a ceremony here, April 14, 2024... MORE

Col. Stephen Lanier (right) is presented the 315th Airlift Wing guidon by Maj. Gen. D. Scott Durham, Fourth Air Force commander, during an assumption of command ceremony April 14, 2024, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Lanier previously served as commander of the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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

Joint Base Charleston delivers Russia bound ventilators
May 20, 2020 — A Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina C-17 Globemaster III, today, picked up 50 USAID-provided ventilators at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. and delivered them to Dover Air Force Base, Maryland. The mission is the first leg of a USAID mission to deliver 200 ventilators this month to Moscow... MORE

Team Charleston Bids Farewell to Col. Happy Gilmour
December 9, 2019 — Col. Gregory S. Gilmour, outgoing commander of the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, retired after 33 years of service across the U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. Navy at a ceremony Dec. 8, 2019, at JB Charleston. “You couldn’t find a better character in a leader or a friend,” said Brig. Gen. Pennington, Mobilization Assistant to the commander and president, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Pennington has known Gilmour for about 15 years through military service. ... MORE

Col. Gregory S. Gilmour, outgoing Commander of the 315th Airlift Wing at JB Charleston, retired after 33 years of service across the U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. Navy at his retirement ceremony December 8, 2019, at JB Charleston.
“You couldn’t find a better character in a leader or a friend,” said Brig. Gen. Pennington, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander and President, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Pennington has known Gilmour for about 15 years through military service.

315 AW paper airplanes take flight at JB Charleston
April 14, 2019 — The 315th Airlift Wing and Red Bull hosted the Red Bull Paper Wings competition April 13, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The event was a local qualifier for the Red Bull Paper Wings World Final at Salzburg, Austria, set to take place this May... MORE

315th AW stadium flyover helps kick off Jaguars game
October 24, 2018 — While the Jacksonville Jaguars lost their Oct. 21 home game against the Houston Texans, 20-7, the game at least started off with a thunderous roar from a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III flown a mere 1,500 feet above by the 701st Airlift Squadron aka the “Turtles.”... MORE

While the Jacksonville Jaguars lost their Oct. 21 home game against the Houston Texans, 20-7, the game at least started off with a thunderous roar from a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III flown a mere 1,500 feet above by the 701st Airlift Squadron aka the “Turtles.”

AFRC commander visits Charleston Reservists
October 16, 2017 — Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Force Reserve Command commander, visited Joint Base Charleston, S.C. this weekend to meet with Citizen Airmen of the 315th Airlift Wing... MORE

317th AS trains with Army in Alaska
August 30, 2017 — Pilots and loadmasters from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 317th Airlift Squadron, along with aircraft maintainers from the 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina recently flew to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for training during their annual tour. Alaska represents a new challenge for the squadron -- it’s an unfamiliar environment exceedingly different from their usual training airspace in Charleston... MORE

Photo of Citizen Airmen Training in Alaska

Aircrew training device saves AMC time, money
May 5, 2017 — JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Members of Joint Base Charleston celebrated the standup of the Total Force Aerospace and Operational Physiology Team along with the unveiling of the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device and Hypoxia Familiarization Trainer during a ceremony here May 2. The ROBD is used to provide 437th and 315th Airlift Wing aircrews with... MORE

Maj. Kasie Gaona, Air Force Reservist, prepares a student for Aerospace Physiology refresher training using the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device and Hypoxia Familiarization Trainer May 3. By using the device, Airmen receive their five-year required physiology training in a realistic simulation, locally and without the risks associated with the hypobaric chamber.

Reservists brighten VA patients’ Christmas
December 15, 2016 — A few of Santa’s little helpers from Joint Base Charleston made a special Christmas delivery to Veteran residents at the Charleston VA’s Patriot Harbor Community Living Center Dec. 14... MORE

Reservists from Joint Base Charleston made a special Christmas delivery to Veteran residents at the Charleston VA’s Patriot Harbor Community Living Center Dec. 14.“In light of the Christmas season we wanted to do something special for our local disabled Veterans that live at the Ralph H Johnson VAMC,” said Barbara Sosebee, 315th unit training manager. Sosebee requested a donation wish list from Cindy Ingels a recreation therapist at the Veterans hospital. Ingels provided Sosebee with a list of 19 inpatient residents of the VA’s Patriot Harbor CLC along with items they desired.The donations were impressive - 315th AW Reservists donated everything on the Veterans' wish list plus more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Dukes)