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  • Muddy mavens: Reservists run dirty for a cause

    Several members of the 315th Airlift Wing here joined forces and braved boot-camp style obstacles, biting insects and lots and lots of mud during Charleston's inaugural Dirty Girl Mud Run on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013, which was held at Legare Farms on Johns Island.Dirty Girl partners with Bright Pink

  • Service chiefs detail 2014 sequestration effects

    One after another Sept. 18 in a hearing before a House panel, the nation's service chiefs described how severe budget cuts required by law in fiscal year 2014 would slash their forces, capabilities and readiness and raise security risks to the American people.The House Armed Services Committee heard

  • Swampfoxes lead the way in Patriot Express 2013

    Reservists of the 315th Airlift Control Flight, 38th Aerialport Squadron and 81st APS recently participated in Patriot Express, an annual Air Force Reserve Command exercise involving the command's five Airlift Control Flights. The overall ALCF mission is to maintain a compact force, capable of

  • Acting Air Force secretary describes budget choices

    The Air Force may have to "cut vertically" in fiscal 2014 to achieve the savings needed under sequestration, the service's acting secretary said here today. Everything is on the table, Eric Fanning said in a media roundtable at the Air Force Association's annual meeting.He would not confirm reports

  • Senior leaders send Airmen, families birthday best

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody issued the following message to the Airmen of the United States Air Force:On the 66th birthday of the United States Air Force, we salute the dedicated

  • The journey home: Final USAF C-17 takes inaugural flight

    As the sun rose above Long Beach, Calif., the last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, P-223, rolled off the Boeing assembly onto the flight line where it was prepared for its inaugural flight to Joint Base Charleston, S.C.A ceremony was held on stage with the P-223 in the backdrop for all to see,

  • AFRC commander helps deliver final C-17, visits Charleston Reservists

    The Air Force's final C-17 Globemaster III was delivered to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Sept. 12 to a crowd of more than 1,200 people. Among the flight crew, a mixture of active duty and Reserve, were Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, and Lt. Gen. James Jackson, Air Force Reserve

  • Joint Base Charleston receives final C-17

    The 315th Airlift Wing joined the 437th Airlift Wing and the 628th Air Base Wing to welcome the Air Force's newest and final C-17 Globemaster III during a planeside delivery ceremony here Sept. 12.General Paul J. Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, along with Lt. Gen. James Jackson "JJ" Jackson,

  • Themed C-17s: A C-17 by any other name is still a Globemaster III

    Those of us in the C-17 community are familiar know that a few of the Globemaster IIIs in the Air Force Inventory have a special dedicated names or sayings on the side of them. We think most anybody will be surprised at just how many there are out there.Cindy Anderson, C-17 Communications at Boeing

  • Final C-17 delivery stirs fond memories for Reservists

    Whenever you see the U.S. military on the news operating across the globe, either in times of war or times of humanitarian need, chances are, there's a Charleston based C-17 involved in making it possible. For many it has been a long journey and today the Air Force's final C-17 Globemaster III is