News - Tag 437 AW

C-17s depart JB Charleston for Exercise Mobility Guardian
July 31, 2017 — Senior Airman Raymond Salas, 15th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, secures luggage and cargo here, prior to departing for Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington State, in support of Exercise Mobility Guardian July 31. Mobility Guardian is designed to enhance the capabilities of mobility Airmen to succeed in dynamic threat...

C-17 aircrew members conquer in-flight AERPS training
March 17, 2017 — Three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flew to North Auxiliary Airfield in North, South Carolina, March 15 to execute in-flight training with aircrew eye and respiratory protection system equipment, the first exercise of its kind in more than a decade for 437th Airlift Wing aircrew members. The training also marked the completion of the second phase...

Team Charleston spells out cargo capability with chalks
March 3, 2017 — Joint Base Charleston hosted Exercise Bonny Jack, a two-day mobility exercise testing the cargo deployment capabilities of the 628th Air Base Wing and 437th Airlift Wing here, March 1 and 2.The exercise started at 9 a.m., March 1 when the 437th Aerial Port Squadron (APS) received a simulated executive order from 628th LRS directing cargo to be...

PAX Terminal to undergo renovations
February 23, 2017 — Renovations for the 437th Aerial Port Squadron (APS) Passenger Terminal here begins today and is expected to be a 10-month project.The $12 million renovation is scheduled to be completed in December 2017. During the project, passenger operations will be conducted out of a temporary facility away from the flightline.The changes will include a new...

Humble, approachable, credible
January 13, 2017 — Three Team Charleston pilots graduated from a six-month U.S. Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS) Weapons Instructor Course (WIC), at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) Nevada, Dec. 17.Capt. Jeff Harnly, 16th Airlift Squadron (AS) evaluator, Capt. Matt Eggert, 16th AS pilot, and Capt. James Hall, 14th AS tactics flight commander, were among 120 graduates of...

Welcome home
November 5, 2016 — Staff Sgt. Theodore Clever III, of the 15th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, reunites with his children upon returning home from a deployment to southwest Asia Nov. 2, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Members of the 14th and 16th Airlift Squadrons returned as well. The 437th AW commands the base's premier active-duty flying...

437th AW leadership recognizes award winners
October 27, 2016 — Col. Jimmy Canlas, left, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, 437th AW command chief, right, stand with the 437th AW third quarter award winners during a ceremony at the Joint Base Charleston Theater Oct. 25. The awardees, from left to right, are: Senior Airman Ron Vorndran, Master Sgt. Robert Pickel, Tech. Sgt...

Aircraft return from Hurricane Matthew evacuation
October 11, 2016 — Col. Jimmy Canlas, 437th Airlift Wing commander, marshals in the first C-17 Globemaster III returning to Joint Base Charleston on Oct. 11 after evacuating for Hurricane Matthew. Many of the aircraft continued to perform various world-wide missions from their evacuated locations.

18 AF/CC visits 437 AW
October 4, 2016 — U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam Cox, 18th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, 18th AF command chief, receive a hands-on lesson on repairing a C-17 tire Sept. 29, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Airmen from the 437th Maintenance Squadron ensure that every part of the aircraft is in good working order and safe to use.