July 27, 2018 Man vs. Machine: testing Pilot-directed Airdrop in a C-17 Test directors from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, conducted a capability evaluation of C-17 Globemaster III Pilot-Directed Airdrop tactics, techniques and procedures here July 9-20, supported by aircrews from Joint Base
May 24, 2018 Match made in medical: JB Charleston flight nurses tie knot aboard C-17 Two Joint Base Charleston, S.C., flight nurses tied the knot on a C-17 Globemaster III. Here's their story.
April 13, 2018 JB Charleston trains ANG to be globemasters The first of four C-17 Globemaster IIIs was transferred from Joint Base Charleston to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C. April 7, 2018 as part of a congressional mandate.Through this directive Joint base Charleston will send 16 C-17s to four Air National Guard bases.
March 21, 2018 Charleston civic leaders take flight to Texas, attend BMT Various community and business leaders from the Charleston area boarded a Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster aircraft to participate in a Civic Leader tour to Texas March 15-16.
Feb. 6, 2018 Helping those in need -- Reservists continue to deliver aid to Haiti Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston delivered nearly 100,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Haiti this weekend. The missions involved two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering donated supplies and a well-drilling truck to the people of Haiti.
Jan. 30, 2018 Team Charleston Maintainers Earn 4th Consecutive Daedalian Trophy C-17 Globemaster III maintainers of the 437th and 315th Maintenance Groups at Joint Base Charleston have once again demonstrated that they are the cream of the crop after earning the 2017 Clements McMullen Daedalian Trophy for the fourth year in a row.
Jan. 8, 2018 Rare winter weather freezes Joint Base Charleston Joint Base Charleston received over 5 inches of snow and ice in early hours of Jan. 3 bringing the base to a standstill after winter storm Grayson blasted the Charleston area.
Sept. 25, 2017 437 AW crew provides Maria relief within hours Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed a humanitarian mission in support of Hurricane Maria to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Sept. 23.
Sept. 25, 2017 Joint team delivers relief in Maria aftermath Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, delivered 17 pallets containing more than 129,000 pounds of food and water to St. Croix, Virgin Islands in support of relief efforts after Hurricane Maria, Sept. 24.
Sept. 13, 2017 C-17 conducts historic mission to Virgin Islands following Irma Members of the 14th and 15th Airlift Squadrons delivered a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control mobile tower from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Sept. 12.The mobile ATC tower was sent in response following Hurricane