Charleston/ Beaufort military bases

Organizer: Lt. Dan Week to return Beaufort County tax money

Gary Sinise jams with band member Kimo Williams. The Lt. Dan Band with Gary Sinise played at Waterfront Park for 74 wounded veterans and caregivers on Sept. 15. The Independence Fund hosted the Lt. Dan Weekend for the third time in Beaufort, S.C., from Sept. 10-16.

The founder of the Independence Fund, which conducts Lt. Dan Week, has agreed to give back an accommodations-tax grant from Beaufort County after moving the main concert to Charleston.

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CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

F-35 simulator gives MCAS Beaufort feel for new jet

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Lockheed Martin put on a demonstration Friday for the new F-35 fighter jets set to be assigned to the base, complete with a flight simulator modeled on the plane’s cockpit.
SC MILITARY NEWS

Charleston base gets new C-17 transport

The Air Force's 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston is getting another new C-17 Globemaster transport plane.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Lt Dan Week fundraiser roiled by headliner's move

The Lt. Dan Week will still take place in Beaufort this year, but its main attraction, a concert by actor Gary Sinise, will move to Charleston, according to event organizers.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Once feared, redevelopment of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base has been resounding success

Now, 20 years after the 1993 closure, the 3,937-acre former base has been transformed into a model for how closed military facilities can be revitalized to serve their communities.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Battery Creek college aviation program takes flight

At Battery Creek High School, junior Wendell Roberson, 17, has everything he needs to prepare for his dream job as an aerospace engineer: flight simulator, miniature wind tunnel and access to college curriculum from one of the world’s leading aeronautical universities.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Beaufort Air Show canceled due to federal budget cuts

For the second time in seven years, the Beaufort Air Show has been canceled, a casualty of federal budget cuts.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Federal workers union protests in Beaufort over sequestration cuts

Civilian union workers from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island rallied Wednesday near Beaufort City Hall against the federal budget cuts known as sequestration. The cuts could mean furloughs for hundreds of non-military workers in Beaufort County.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Beaufort base preservation efforts get $50,000 boost from state

The state is adding dollars and support behind efforts to maintain and support Beaufort’s three military bases.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort officials waiting to make call on Beaufort Air Show

Although the U.S. Navy has announced its intention to cancel the Blue Angels’ appearance at the Beaufort Air Show in April, the demonstration team’s performance has not been officially called off.
CHARLESTON/ BEAUFORT MILITARY BASES

Retired Marine pilot in Beaufort recalls ejecting from plane in 1958

Phil Neubig, 83, starts his story by saying you'll never believe him.