315th Airlift Wing

315th Airlift Wing
315th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster IIIs over the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, Charleston, S.C.
Active1952–present
CountryUnited States
BranchAir Force
TypeAirlift
Part ofAir Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQJoint 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
Website315aw.afrc.af.mil/
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Stephen L. Lanier
Vice CommanderColonel Steven C. Priest
Command ChiefChief Master Sergeant Joe G. Gonzalez
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Aircraft flown
TransportBoeing C-17 Globemaster III
Members of the 315th and 437th Airlift Wings, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., participated in the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France, 18 June 2009.
An F-15 Eagle from the 60th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorts a C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as they fly over the USS Yorktown and the Arthur J. Ravenel Jr. Bridge in the Charleston, S.C., area during a local training mission
A C-123K of the 19th ACS, 315th ACW, Phan Rang, Vietnam, 1968.

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.

  1. ^ "315th Airlift Wing". www.315aw.afrc.af.mil.