The new name of Joint Base Charleston is Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of South Carolina’s former senior senator, who died July 11 in Washington, D.C., at 71. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at a renaming ceremony at Joint Base Lindsey Graham in Charleston, S.C., Aug. 10, 2026. Photo by Chris Gordon/Air & Space Forces Magazine Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) at a renaming ceremony at Joint Base Lindsey Graham in Charleston, S.C., Aug. 10, 2026. U.S Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and a USAF C-32 at Joint Base Lindsey Graham, S.C., Aug. 10, 2026. Photo by Chris Gordon/Air & Space Forces Magazine Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) at a renaming ceremony at Joint Base Lindsey Graham in Charleston, S.C., Aug. 10, 2026.