1608th Air Transport Wing
The 1608th Air Transport Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Eastern Transport Air Force of Military Air Transport Service (MATS) at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. It performed strategic airlift missions until it was discontinued on 8 January 1966 and replaced by the 437th Military Airlift Wing of Military Airlift Command, which inherited its honors, but not its lineage or history.
C-124C Globemaster IIs loading cargo about 1960
Image: 1608 Air Transport Wing emblem
The 437th Airlift Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command. It is the mission wing at Charleston Air Force Base, Joint Base Charleston, in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina.
437th Airlift Wing C-17A Globemaster III
C-17 of the 437th AW airdrops pallets of water and food to Mirebalais, Haiti, 21 Jan 2010
437th Troop Carrier Wing C-46Ds during the Korean War.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the 437th Airlift Wing taxiing for departure at the 2018 RIAT, England