315th Airlift Wing

It remained in the Far East after the war to fly transport missions and paratroop training flights in Japan, Korea, French Indo-China, and other points until December 1954, after which it was again inactivated 18 Jan 1955.

[2] Reactivated in 1973 as a heavy transport wing in the Air Force Reserve, operating the C-141 Starlifter aircraft, stationed alongside and using the same airframes as the active-duty 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina.

In the 1980s and 1990s, personnel participated in contingency and humanitarian aid airlift operations and exercises worldwide.

In 1994, the wing conducted the first C-17 Globemaster III flight with an all-Air Force Reserve crew.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III crewed by the 315th Airlift Wing taxis for departure at the 2018 RIAT , England