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An Air Force C-17 Globemaster prepares to land at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina in 2017. (Mic Smith\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Air Force will rename Joint Base Charleston, its massive South Carolina base that\u2019s home to much of the military\u2019s C-17 cargo aircraft fleet, after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.<\/p>

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The renaming to Joint Base Lindsey Graham honors the South Carolina Republican\u2019s \u201cdecades of distinguished service to the United States Congress and the United States Air Force,\u201d according to the memo signed by Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink. The memo, dated Monday, also says that Graham\u2019s support for military and commercial aviation projects \u201chelped transform the Charleston region into one of America\u2019s foremost aerospace centers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graham was honored Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda<\/a>, where Vice President JD Vance and other dignitaries eulogized the late senator, who died this month at 71.<\/p>

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The Post and Courier first reported<\/a> the base\u2019s renaming.<\/p>\n

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