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| 628th Air Base Wing | |
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 628th Medical Group erects a decontamination tent during an exercise | |
| Active | 2010-present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Military installation support |
| Part of | Air Mobility Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Charleston |
| Website | https://www.jbcharleston.jb.mil/Units/ |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Col. Jason H. Parker |
| Deputy commander | CAPT G. Reed Koepp II (USN) |
| Executive Director | GS-14 Ray A. Forcier |
| Command Chief | CCM Richard B. Lamm |
| Command Master Chief | CMDCM Joel Brandt (USN) |
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| 628th Air Base Wing emblem(Approved 20 September 2010) |  |
TheUnited States Air Force's628th Air Base Wing is an administrative unit located atJoint Base Charleston, inNorth Charleston, South Carolina. The 628 ABW was activated on 8 January 2010[1] asCharleston Air Force Base was merged withNaval Weapons Station Charleston as a result of changes afterBase Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations.
Naval Support Activity Charleston was reorganized as an "Embedded Military Unit" within the Joint Base Charleston 628 ABW. NSA Charleston Navy personnel are embedded into the Air Base Wing installation support squadrons to carry out their functions. After the creation of the Joint Base, the Naval Support Activity Charleston Commanding Officer became the Deputy Commander of the 628th Air Base Wing, responsible to the Wing Commander for base installation support.
The wing provides support services such as housing and facilities maintenance, security, childcare, public works, safety, communications,finance, logistics, medical support, personnel, public affairs, legal, food service, contracts, and recreation.
The 628th Air Base Wing's primary duties are to provide installation support to 53Department of Defense and Federal agencies, supporting a total force of over 79,000 airmen, sailors, soldiers, marines, coast guardsmen, civilians, dependents and retirees on Charleston AFB and Naval Weapons Station Charleston. It maintains $2.0 billion worth of physical infrastructure across 23,000 non-contiguous acres. They also provide expeditionary airmen to combatant commanders in support of joint and combined operations.
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