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  • Reserve aircrew’s quick thinking saves the day, wins 4AF award

    The 315th Airlift Wing, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, won the 2023 Fourth Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award for their quick thinking during an in-fight emergency in April of 2023.The C-17 Globemaster III airlift mission was a de-positioning sortie slated to depart from Ramstein Air

  • 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

  • 701 AS Airman wins AFRC aircrew member award

    Air Force Reserve Command has selected Charleston Airman 1st Class Gage Stevens, 701st Airlift Squadron loadmaster as a winner of the 2019 AFRC Enlisted Aircrew Member of the Year Award.

  • Reservists to fly in 10th Annual Salute From the Shore

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 315st Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston are scheduled to fly a C-17 Globemaster III down the coast of South Carolina, July 4, 2019, as part of the 10th Annual Salute from the Shore. Along with the C-17 being flown by the 315 AW from Joint Base Charleston, Marine

  • Single-parent Reservist rises above challenges to earn wings

    Imagine being a single-parent of two, completing a bachelor's degree and independently financing pilot training in order to accomplish the dream of becoming a reserve pilot with the 315th Airlift Wing, all within 5 short years.Being a single parent is no easy feat, but Staff Sgt. Shakeyna Smith,

  • Turtles get change commanders

    Lt. Col. Rick Chadwick relinquished command of the 701st Airlift Squadron to former 315th Operations Support Squadron Commander, Lt. Col. Ronald Schier during a change of command ceremony in the Yonkie Auditorium Saturday. Chadwick will be 315th OG Operations Readiness Officer. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • Reservists credit teamwork in lifesaving mission

    As if by fate, a weather delay in Germany allowed a group of reservists to embark on a challenging 22-and-a-half-hour mission to help save a fellow service member. On Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, a C-17 aircrew from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, who’s mission heading home from Germany

  • Turtles’ stadium flyover helps kick off Jaguars game

    While the Jacksonville Jaguars lost their Oct. 21 home game against the Houston Texans, 20-7, the game at least started off with a thunderous roar from a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III flown a mere 1,500 feet above by the 701st Airlift Squadron aka the “Turtles.”

  • 701 AS Turtle runs with the dogs, plays ball

    It is said all dogs form packs and only a few will emerge as pack leaders. Such is true for a Bulldog transformed RiverDog, who has established himself as a leader within the Charleston community and as an Air Force Reservist.Staff Sgt. Alfonso Rogers, a 701st Airlift Squadron loadmaster at Joint

  • 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