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Swamp Foxes live at Joint Base Charleston

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  • By A1C Robert Pilch
  • 315AW Public Affairs
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C --  Known as the Swamp Foxes, the 315th Airlift Control Flight here has two major missions, mobile command and control and the other is an affiliation program that includes partners across the Department of Defense such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, the flight is responsible for planning and coordinating exercises and special mission operations.

We have partnerships throughout the Southeast U.S. whom we call affiliates, said Master Sgt. Jim Ebert, affiliation manager with the 315th ALCF.

U.S. Air Force Reserve servicemembers from the 315th ALCF conducted static load training October 28 utilizing a tractor trailer with the DHS's Pod Support Team 5 and a C-17 Globemaster III to prepare for future cargo missions.

The local training mission with the DHS establishes a liaison between ALCF managers and the DHS to optimize joint planning and execution for rapid movement by air, said Sergeant Ebert.

"We have been working with the DHS for about six months now," said Sergeant Ebert.

In March of this year, DHS brought two tractor trailers down along with their sport utility vehicle and weighed and did calculations for the amount and types of shoring that would be required to load their equipment on a C-17 aircraft, said Sergeant Ebert.

Affiliates can request training at any time to help speed up airlift prior to deployment by working out all of the logistical details prior to the actual deployment mission, said Tech. Sgt. Brian Lacy, a loadmaster with the 315th ALCF.

"We want to be a one-stop-shop for our affiliates," said Sergeant Lacy, who has been with the flight since October 2009.

The 315 ALCF is one of the most actively participating Reserve ALCF's in the Air Force.


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