Charleston Air Force Base News

An accident takes the life of a member of the airforce. The single-car crash happened Saturday morning on Highway 162.

Members of the armed forces from the Fox Valley area have reached the following milestones in their military careers.

Friday Boeing will break ground on the second 787 assembly line in South Carolina.

Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler presents the Gen. Lew Allen Jr. Award to Maj. Eliot A. Sasson Nov.

Pvt. Christopher Halla, 18, of Morgan Hill, graduated from United States Marine Corps boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Oct.

Col. Timothy Nelson, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing director of staff, revisits the C-17 Globemaster III as it reaches its 17-year mark in the Air Force inventory.

11, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. 11/12/2009 - Col. John Wood, the 437th Airlift Wing commander at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., travels in a Humvee behind the Air Force Honor Guard during the Veterans Day Parade Nov.

Melvin Kahle wrote the book on how to crash land a jet fighter plane - literally.

A new commander has been named for Grand Forks Air Force Base. Col. Donald Shaffer is to succeed Col.

A new commander has been named for Grand Forks Air Force Base. Col. Donald Shaffer is to succeed Col.

Residents friends and family will come together to honor an Air Force fighter pilot and former resident who died last month during a training exercise in South Carolina.

Originally published November 3, 2009 at 8:07 a.m., updated November 3, 2009 at 8:10 a.m. GRAND FORKS, N.D. a ' A new commander has been named for Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Tech. Sgt. Sherri St. John, a reservist with the 315th Maintenance Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., saws a piece of stock metal during her two-week stay at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where she worked in the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in nearby Dayton.

The Air Force's newest C-17 Globemaster III arrives Oct. 28, 2009, at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Lt.

Charleston Air Force Base's 58th C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane arrived Wednesday afternoon.

President Barack Obama signed a $680 billion defense budget Wednesday that includes funding for up to 10 new Boeing C-17s, though Congress will decide in December just how many jets are ultimately ordered.

North Charleston, SC - Charleston Air Force Base gets another tool in getting aid to those in need and fighting the war on terror with an addition to their arsenal of planes.

From the Annals of 1909 A delightful party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Keith at their home on N. Sixth Street.

"It's a lot busier than when I did this job in Iraq. There, I had time to watch a movie or, when I wanted, take a two-hour break and go to the gym.

Air Force loadmasters assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron conduct an airdrop from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Sept.