315th Airlift Wing

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315th Airlift Wing
315th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster IIIs over the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, Charleston, S.C.
Active	1952–present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Airlift
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base Charleston
Motto(s)	Advenium – I Will Come
Engagements	World War II European Campaign (1943–1945) Korean Service (1952–1953) Vietnam Service (1966–1972) Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2011) Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–present)
Decorations	DUC PUC AFOUA w/ V Device ROK PUC RVGC w/ Palm
Website	315aw.afrc.af.mil/
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Stephen L. Lanier
Vice Commander	Colonel Steven C. Priest
Command Chief	Chief Master Sergeant Joe G. Gonzalez
Insignia
Identification symbol
Aircraft flown
Transport	Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

The 315th Airlift Wing (315 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force Reserve. It is stationed at Joint Base Charleston, in the city of North Charleston, South Carolina, and operates the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. If mobilized, the unit would fall under control of Air Mobility Command.

The mission of the 315th Airlift Wing is to provide and deliver global combat-ready airlift, expeditionary combat support and aeromedical evacuation personnel as a source of augmentation for the active forces in any emergency expansion of the Air Force strategic and aeromedical airlift capabilities.^[1] Additionally, the Wing performs peacetime missions such as humanitarian airlift as part of the Denton Cargo Program and integrates with the active-duty 437th Airlift Wing and the 628th Air Base Wing in their normal Air Mobility Command operations and logistics missions. Both of these units are assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C.