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Air Mobility Command

Airman 1st Class Todd Elkins looks up C-17 discrepancy information in an aircraft maintenance records binder on the Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., flightline on Oct. 23, 2009. Maintenance technicians at Charleston AFB work around the clock every day to keep the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings' fleet of C-17s flying. Airman Elkins is an electrical and environmental systems journeyman with the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/James Bowman)

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Photo essay: C-17 maintainer at work at Charleston

Published Oct. 27, 2009
By James Bowman
437th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Maintenance technicians at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., work around the clock every day to keep the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings' fleet of C-17 Globmaster IIIs flying. The base supports Air Mobility Command's airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation missions around the world through the C-17.

This photo highlights one Charleston maintainer who helps keep the C-17s meet their global missions.