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  •  315 AMXS Airman named AFRC Crew Chief of the Year

    Master Sgt. Adam Stewart, 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was named Air Force Reserve Command’s crew chief of the year this week in the command’s Logistics Readiness and Maintenance Awards program.

  • Newman takes 315MXG helm

    Col. Brett A. Newman assumed command of the 315th Maintenance Group at the Joint Base Charleston theater Sunday. Newman comes to Charleston after serving as the commander of 419th MXG at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

  • 315th AW tradition brings Santa Flight to JBC

    Santa made a special appearance on the Joint Base Charleston flight line during the 315th Airlift Wing’s annual Santa Flight Sunday afternoon.JB Charleston Airmen and their families gathered to greet him aboard a C-17 Globemaster III where the children to told him what they want for Christmas.Lt.

  • ‘Baby on board’ – Aircrew deliver Afghan baby on evacuation flight

    A 315th Airlift Wing aircrew from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina helped to deliver a baby aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III carrying vulnerable Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan, Aug. 23, moments before landing at a Middle East staging area with a jet filled with evacuees.

  • C-17 carrying passengers out of Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely transported 823 Afghan citizens from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Aug. 15, 2021. The initial count of 640 passengers included only adults, inadvertently leaving off 183 children seated in laps as passengers were transported from the flight line.

  • Airmen help make dream come true for special fan

    Capt. Dennis Conner, 701st Airlift Squadron, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, flew a C-17 Globemaster III over the state’s coast during the “Salute From The Shore” celebration July 4, 2021. Little did he know the impact that flight would have for him that day, as well as a family watching