Santa Claus comes to town on a Charleston C-17 Published Dec. 7, 2015 By Michael Dukes 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A few children received a very special visitor this past Unit Training Assembly weekend when the 315th Airlift Wing flew Santa and Mrs. Claus in from the North Pole on a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III. Santa (Jim Evernham) and Mrs. Claus (Col. Caroline Evernham, 315th Operations Group commander) arrived at Joint Base Charleston Dec. 5 to a cheering crowd of 315 OG family members as part of the OG's annual Santa visit. "The children were very well behaved and they all said 'thank you' very politely, just as he would have expected from such good children! I look forward come see them again on Christmas" Santa Claus said after the visit. "Thanks to the men and women of the 315th Airlift Wing and their C-17, my night of delivering packages on Christmas Eve will be much less stressful." Once on the jet, children (and even a few adults) were quick to jump onto Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. They also posed for photos with the jolly couple and Santa gave them an early present. 315th Airlift Wing members of the Joint Base Charleston Fire Department provided a static firetruck to entertain the families while they waited for Santa. The oft requested Mini C-17 display was very popular with the children who excitedly climbed on board.