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  • City of Hanahan honors veterans with Red, White, Blue Festival

    Members of the local community came together for the 8th annual Red, White and Blue Festival at the Hanahan Amphitheater, in Hanahan, S.C., November 7, 2020. Christie Rainwater, City of Hanahan mayor, and members of Joint Base Charleston and U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station Columbia spoke about

  • AF veterans reveal what Veterans Day means to them

    The day when nearly 70 bullets riddled his HH-3E Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter as his crew tried to save two Airmen during the Vietnam War remains vivid for retired Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Richardson. It was March 14, 1968, and Richardson, a flight engineer at the time, and others were called

  • 315 AW Citadel grads fly C-17 over Bulldogs game

    An Air Force Reserve aircrew consisting seven graduates of The Citadel flew over the Bulldogs Homecoming Military Classic of the South game against the Virginia Military Institute Keydets in Charleston, S.C. Nov. 7.The 701st Airlift Squadron “Turtles” flight crew performed the flyover of Johnson

  • AF leaders release Veterans Day message

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody have issued a Veterans Day message to Airmen.