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	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

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.

Components

315th Operations Group (315 OG)

• 300th Airlift Squadron (300 AS)
• 317th Airlift Squadron (317 AS)
• 701st Airlift Squadron (701 AS)
• 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron (315 AMDS)
• 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (315 AES)
• 315th Airlift Control Flight (315 ACF)
• 4th Combat Camera Squadron (4 CTCS)

315th Maintenance Group (315 MXG)

• 315th Maintenance Squadron (315 MXS)
• 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (315 AMXS)
• 315th Maintenance Operations Squadron (315 MOS)

315th Mission Support Group (315 MSG)

• 38th Aerial Port Squadron (38 APS)
• 53d Aerial Port Squadron (53 APS)
• 81st Aerial Port Squadron (81 APS)
• 84th Aerial Port Squadron (84 APS)
• 315th Mission Support Squadron (315 MSS)
• 315th Security Forces Squadron (315 SFS)
• 315th Services Flight (315 SVF)
• 315th Logistics Readiness Flight (315 LRF)

History

Established as 315 Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, on 23 May 1952 under

• 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo), 10 June 1952 – 18 January 1955
• Pacific Air Forces, 21 February 1966
• 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo), 8 March 1966

Attached to

2d Air Division

, 8–31 March 1966

Attached to Seventh Air Force, 1 April-15 October 1966

• 834th Air Division
  , 15 October 1966
• Seventh Air Force, 1 December 1971 – 31 March 1972
• Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 1 July 1973
• Fourteenth Air Force, 8 October 1976
• Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 July 1993 – September 2011
• Fourth Air Force, September 2011 – present

Components

Groups

• 315th Troop Carrier (later, 315 Operations): 10 June 1952 – 18 January 1955; 1 August 1992–present

Squadrons

• 8th Special Operations Squadron: 31 July 1971 – 15 January 1972 (detached 5–15 January 1972).
• 9th Special Operations Squadron: 30 September 1971 – 29 February 1972 (detached 9 January-29 February 1972)
• 12th Air Commando Squadron
  (later 12 Special Operations Squadron): 15 October 1966 – 30 September 1970
• 19th Air Commando Squadron
  (later 19 Special Operations Squadron): 8 March 1966 – 10 June 1971
• 38th Aerial Port Squadron, 1 October 1982 – 1 August 1992^[3]
• 300th Military Airlift Squadron
  (later 300th Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1973 – 1 August 1992
• 309th Air Commando Squadron
  (later 309th Special Operations Squadron, 309th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 8 March 1966 – 31 July 1970
• 310th Air Commando Squadron
  (later 310th Special Operations Squadron, 310th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 8 March 1966 – 15 January 1972, attached 16–26 January 1972
• 311th Air Commando Squadron
  (later 311th Special Operations Squadron, 311th Tactical Airlift Squadron): 8 March 1966 – 5 October 1971
• 317th Airlift Squadron: 1 April-1 August 1992
• 701st Military Airlift Squadron
  (later 701st Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1973 – 1 August 1992
• 707th Military Airlift Squadron
  (later 707th Airlift Squadron): 1 July 1973 – 1 August 1992

Stations

• Brady AB, Japan, 10 June 1952 – 18 January 1955
• Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam
  , 8 March 1966
• Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam
  , 15 June 1967 – 31 March 1972
• Charleston AFB, South Carolina
  , 1 July 1973 – 7 January 2010
• Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, 8 January 2010 – present

Aircraft

Operations

• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Operation Urgent Fury
• Operation Just Cause
• Operation Noble Eagle
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Operation New Dawn

Unit shields

• 
  315 AW
• 
  315 SOW
• 
  311 ACS
• 
  317 AS
• 
  701 AS
• 
  315 MSS
• 
  315 MXG
• 
  4 CTCS

References

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

• Nalty, Bernard C. (1986). Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
  ISBN 978-1410222589. Archived from the original
  (PDF) on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
  ISBN 0-912799-12-9
  .

• 315 AW Home Page
• Capps, Maj Wayne (6 July 2016). "Reserve C-17 wins best in show at UK air show". 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 10 July 2016.