437th Airlift Wing (North Charleston, South Carolina)

 military, United States Air Force

The mission of the 437th AW is to command assigned airlift and supporting units; provide for the airlift of troops and passengers, military equipment, cargo and aeromedical airlift and to participate in operations involving the airland or airdrop of troops, equipment and supplies when required. The Wing is primarily equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III military airlift aircraft.

Apart from its heavy airdrop commitment and a demanding humanitarian mission, Charleston AFB's mission requirements range from supporting U.S. Embassies to supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, to airdropping troops into the heart of contingency operations in hostile areas

Order of battle

437th Operations Group (437 OG)

14th Airlift Squadron (14 AS)
15th Airlift Squadron (15 AS)
16th Airlift Squadron (16 AS)
17th Airlift Squadron (17 AS)


437th Operations Support Squadron (437 OSS)

437th Maintenance Group (437 MXG)
437th Maintenance Squadron (437 MXS)
437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (437 AMXS)
437th Maintenance Operations Squadron (437 MOS)


437th Mission Support Group (437 MSG)
437th Aerial Port Squadron (437 APS)
437th Civil Engineering Squadron (437 CES)
437th Communications Squadron (437 CS)
437th Contracting Squadron (437 CONS)
437th Mission Support Squadron (437 MSS)
437th Security Forces Squadron (437 SFS)
437th Services Squadron (437 SVS)
437th Logistics Readiness Squadron (437 LRS)
437th Medical Group (437 MDG)
437th Aeromedical Dental Squadron (437 ADS)
437th Medical Operations Squadron (437 MDOS)
437th Medical Support Squadron (437 MDSS)

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