437th Airlift Wing celebrates 50 years in Charleston
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SC -- In support of OIF, 15 C-17As from the 437th and 62nd AWs took off from Aviano AB, Italy, and airdropped 1,000 Sky Soldiers. At a staging base in Europe, C-17s from McChord AFB and Charleston AFB line the pad in preparation for airdrop and airland missions to Iraq. On the first night, they dropped 20 members of the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group along with more than a thousand paratroopers (Sky Soldiers) from the 173d Airborne Brigade. This marked the first C-17 combat insertion of paratroopers. On subsequent nights, they delivered more than a million pounds of personnel and cargo. (Courtesy Photo)
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