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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A C-17 Globemaster III, sits on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as it is prepared for transfer to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C., April 4, 2018.JB Charleston transfers C-17s to Charlotte ANG
                        
                        
                        A C-17 Globemaster III, sits on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as it is prepared for transfer to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C., April 4, 2018. The Charlotte Air National Guard Base will receive four jets from Charleston and four jets from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Sullivan)
                
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        Tech. Sgt. Shannon Garris, 145th Air Wing quality assurance inspector, examines a C-17 Globemaster III prior to transferring to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C., at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 4, 2018.JB Charleston transfers C-17s to Charlotte ANG
                        
                        
                        Tech. Sgt. Shannon Garris, 145th Air Wing quality assurance inspector, examines a C-17 Globemaster III prior to transferring to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C., at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 4, 2018. The first of four C-17 Globemaster IIIs was transferred from JB Charleston to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C. April 7, 2018, as part of a congressional mandate. JB Charleston and JB Lewis-McChord have transferred airplanes to West Virginia, Tennessee, New York and now Charlotte. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Sullivan)
                
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        Senior Airman Ethan Fite ,left, and Airman 1st Class Jerry Marin ,right, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, log parts during an aircraft inspection at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 4, 2018.JB Charleston transfers C-17s to Charlotte ANG
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Ethan Fite, left, and Airman 1st Class Jerry Marin,  437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, log parts during an aircraft inspection at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 4, 2018. The 437th AMXS, along with maintainers from the 145th Air Wing assigned to the Charlotte Air National Guard, N.C., prepared a C-17 Globemaster III to be transferred to the Charlotte ANG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Sullivan)
                
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JB Charleston trains ANG to be globemastersPublished April 13, 2018
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. William O'Brien
                    
                    
                    Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS)  --**The first of four C-17 Globemaster IIIs was transferred from Joint Base Charleston to the Charlotte, North Carolina, Air National Guard, April 7, 2018, as part of a congressional mandate.
Through this directive JB Charleston will send 16 C-17s to four Air National Guard bases.
“Between Joint Base Charleston and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, we have been transferring airplanes to West Virginia, Tennessee, New York and now Charlotte,” said Norman Moore, 437th Maintenance Group deputy director. “Congress mandated the Air Force transfer aircraft to those locations to help replace their fleets with C-17s. We will additionally be sending four C-17s to Pittsburg ARS next fiscal year.”
The transfer marks a transition for the Charlotte ANG from flying the C-130 Hercules to the C-17. The new airframe expands their mission sets such as aeromedical evacuation and airdrop capabilities.
“We came down to (JB) Charleston to do conversion training, look over the aircraft and get a good idea of the situation and the condition of the aircraft,” said Master Sgt. Larry Boles, 145th Air Wing aircraft mechanic. “They provided us a really good overview of the aircraft and some great insight we haven’t gotten before. They gave a lot of real helpful information. It’s going to definitely increase our capabilities. It’s a whole new mission with different load capabilities.”
JB Charleston is home to the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 5, which is responsible for C-17 Globemaster III initial skills crew chief training (Type 3), advanced skills technical training (Type 4), and international training, the only Air Force C-17 Trainer Development Team for crew chiefs. Through training courses with the 373rd TRS and hands-on experiences with maintainers assigned here, Charlotte ANG Airmen learned the ins and outs of their new planes before the transfer took place.
“They come here for training classes to learn the tech data on this new air frame,” said Senior Master Sgt. Phillip Wiley, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead production superintendent. “We make sure the experience and knowledge of someone who’s been working on the C-17 for 15 years is passed on to them for use at their home station.”
Wiley provides a unique perspective to the Charlotte ANG maintainers as they prepare to replace a fleet of C-130s with C-17s because he has been a maintainer for both aircraft.
“Some of it’s the same, some of it is different,” Wiley said. “Systems progress and evolve to get better with newer jets.”
Members from both maintenance teams reviewed every aspect of the jet together to ensure JB Charleston had everything functioning properly before the transfer became official.
“We look at the aircraft pretty extensively,” Moore said. “We look at the outside appearance, we do a home station check inspection and look at all the delayed discrepancies. We do the best we can to give them a really good airplane.”
As the installation with the largest C-17 fleet, Moore said JB Charleston is always happy to work any trouble shooting issue any base may have and welcomes calls from Charlotte ANG Airmen.
“We have a partnership with all the C-17 bases,” Moore said. “We have the most experience and a phenomenal maintenance team here. Anything they need, we’ll be glad to help them out.”
Boles was grateful for the hospitality and insight shown to him and his team as they began their transition to the C-17. He hopes the partnership continues and the two geographically-close bases can work together to provide rapid global mobility.
“New aircraft like the C-17 with its capabilities will strengthen our mission and make us even more of an asset to the military,” Boles said. “The team here was outstanding. It was even more than we were expecting. They made everything seamless and enjoyed sharing their knowledge.”JB Charleston 



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