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    908th Airlift Wing’s Unique Relationship with DoD’s only Airborne School

    The fog was starting to dissipate on Maxwell’s flightline as the crew walked along the painted yellow line to the C-130 Hercules. Their shoulders weighed down by equipment that was readied for the long journey ahead. On March 11, 2020, the pilots, flight engineers, loadmasters and a navigator of the 908th Airlift Wing’s 357th Airlift Squadron were ready to take off for Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, Georgia.
  • Master Sgt. Al Larson, 701st Airlift Squadron loadmaster and former U.S. Army paratrooper, communicates with hand signals during a flight over Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, Ga. Aug. 15, 2015. Reserve aircrews from the 701st and 300th AS out of Joint Base Charleston, S.C. flew two C-17s during Fort Benning’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Army Airborne School. Almost 300 paratroopers took the big leap in the day’s event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby Pilch)

    Charleston C-17s help paratroopers celebrate 75 years

    Reserve C-17 aircrews from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., took part in the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Army Airborne School here by dropping a group of Army paratroopers over Lawson Army Airfield.Aircrews from the 701st and 300th Airlift Squadron flew two C-17s during Fort Benning’s Aug. 15 celebration to delivery some of the more than 300
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