Aug. 19, 2021 Reservists give Lucy a ride in the sky with NASA mission What do members of the 317th Airlift Squadron, the rock band, The Beatles, and NASA have in common? Well, a Reserve aircrew who flew a seemingly routine mission, July 30, from Colorado to Florida can answer the question.The cargo, aboard a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III, a large white shipping
May 28, 2020 315th AW welcomes home COVID response medical team The 315th Airlift Wing welcomed home a team of 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron members returning from a mobilization in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 20, 2020 Joint Base Charleston delivers Russia bound ventilators A Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina C-17 Globemaster III, today, picked up 50 USAID-provided ventilators at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. and delivered them to Dover Air Force Base, Maryland. The mission is the first leg of a USAID mission to deliver 200 ventilators this month to Moscow.
Dec. 9, 2019 Team Charleston Bids Farewell to Col. Happy Gilmour Col. Gregory S. Gilmour, outgoing commander of the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, retired after 33 years of service across the U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. Navy at a ceremony Dec. 8, 2019, at JB Charleston.“You couldn’t find a better character in a leader or a friend,” said Brig.
Nov. 20, 2019 315 AW takes 2019 Raincross Aircrew Excellence Award A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III aircrew won the 4th Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award, Nov. 19, for actions during a mission from Panama to Curacao, located in the Lesser Antilles, earlier in the year. The award recognized the contributions of aircrew, under the call sign REACH 111, Lt. Col.
Nov. 4, 2019 Charleston Reservist to appear on Kelly Clarkson Show Staff Sergeant Corban Lundborg, a reserve combat photojournalist with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, will appear on The Kelly Clarkson Show Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Nov. 3, 2019 Lt. Col. Bryan Lewis assumes control of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron Lt. Col. Bryan Lewis accepted command of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron from Col. Chad Gibson in front of members of the 315th Airlift Wing, friends and family here November 2nd, 2019. Col. Stephen Lanier, 315th Operations Group commander, officiated the change of command ceremony and passed the
July 15, 2019 JBC's Reserve 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron trains alongside Royal Air Force In order to maintain the strong relationship between Aeromedical Evacuation components of the Royal Air Force and United States Air Force, Reserve Citizen Airmen from Joint Base Charleston's 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron completed a training event alongside their RAF counterparts from the
April 14, 2019 315 AW paper airplanes take flight at JB Charleston The 315th Airlift Wing and Red Bull hosted the Red Bull Paper Wings competition, a qualifier for the world paper airplane championships in Austria, April 13 here.
Dec. 14, 2018 AE treats training like a deployment Imagine flying at 34,000 feet, then suddenly a portion of the crew quickly puts on their oxygen masks while rushing to provide care for their patients. That is just one of the many training scenarios the active duty and Reserve aeromedical evacuation team worked through on a recent training