page_title: 315th Airlift Wing
hierarchical_section_title: 315th Airlift Wing
caption_attribution_description: A Fairchild C-123K Provider (s/n 54-0696) of the 19th Air Commando Squadron, 315th ACW, at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, in April 1968. Another C-123K and a Curtiss C-46 Commando can be seen in the background. This aircraft was turned over to the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) in 1972.
context_page_description: The 315th Airlift Wing 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. 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.
context_section_description: 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. 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.
caption: A C-123K of the 19th ACS, 315th ACW, Phan Rang, Vietnam, 1968.
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