Pentagon aims to rename major US air base after Lindsey Graham

The Defense Department is moving to rename Joint Base Charleston after late South Carolina senator and Air Force veteran Lindsey Graham.

Joint Base Charleston is slated to be renamed Joint Base Lindsey Graham, after the late senator.

The Pentagon will reportedly rename a South Carolina military base after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Air Force veteran, citing his “decades of distinguished service” to Congress and the armed services. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink in a July 27 internal memo ordered staff to begin work with Air Mobility

The U.S. Air Force will rename Joint Base Charleston, the largest Air Force-run base in South Carolina, after the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham, who passed away on July 11 from an aortic dissection, served for 33 years in the U.S. Air Force, including multiple years of active duty service to the branc

The Air Force has begun the process of renaming Joint Base Charleston after the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to an internal memo. In a memo obtained by The Post and Courier dated July 27, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink directed staff and leadership at the South Carolina base to take “all ...