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  • Base completes North Field repairs

    Team Charleston marked the completion of runway repairs to the 3,500-foot runway, known as the assault landing zone (ALZ) at North Auxiliary Airfield in North, South Carolina, Dec. 8.North Auxiliary Airfield, a training facility geographically separated from Joint Base Charleston, is used for

  • MACA highlights Charleston airspace safety

    Joint Base Charleston hosted its first Mid-Air Collision Avoidance event with local pilots to bring awareness to the program here Nov. 5, 2016. The event is anticipated to occur biannually with locations alternating between JB Charleston and Shaw Air Force Base. The MACA program brings together

  • Johnson takes 315 MXG command

    Members of the 315th Maintenance Group welcomed a new commander for their unit during a change of command ceremony Nov. 6, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.Col. Richard Gay relinquished his command of seven years to Col. Sharon Johnson as Gay prepares for his retirement later in the

  • Eighteen 315 AW Reservist selected for lieutenant colonel

     The 315th Airlift Wing commander is happy to announce the names of its officers, today, who were selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel in the latest officer promotion round.The latest selectees are:Wesley Adams, 701 ASKelli Beaty, 315 AW         Michael Bennett, 300 ASJason Brooks, 315

  • Denton Program: providing worldwide humanitarian support

    The Jeremiah Denton Amendment, named in honor of former Navy pilot, Vietnam prisoner-of-war and Alabama senator, passed in 1987.The Denton amendment grants the Secretary of Defense the approval to delegate shipments of humanitarian supplies provided by nongovernmental organizations and nonprofit

  • Boat tour broadens horizons for honorary commanders

    Honorary Commanders joined their active-duty counterparts on a tour of the 628th Security Forces Squadron harbor boat security patrol mission on the Cooper River at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, June 13, 2016. The Honorary Commander's program provides an opportunity for local civic

  • Women In Aviation Career Day inspires local girls

    Over 130 middle and high school girls from 12 Lowcountry schools visited Joint Base Charleston March 22 to learn about jobs in aviation as part of the 315th Airlift Wing’s 9th annual Women in Aviation Career Day.

  • 315 AW’s first Tuskegee Airmen Career Day inspires local teens

    The 315th Airlift Wing held its first Tuskegee Airmen Career Day drawing over 130 local teenage boys to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. to learn about careers in aviation Feb. 24, 2016.The event also celebrated the story of the first black pilots in the American military – the Tuskegee Airmen.“What

  • Ministry of presence – A Reserve chaplain’s way of connecting with Airmen

    Flying with an aircrew on an operational mission is not a task most people associate with when thinking about a military chaplain. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Ronald Apollo, a chaplain with the 315th Airlift Wing, calls it “ministry of presence” and he sees this as the bedrock of what an Air Force chaplain