 The eight C-17s are part of a 190-member unit manned by active Air Force personnel from the 535th Airlift Squadron and the Hawaii Air Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron.When established in 2008, it was the first active joint Air Force and Air National Guard unit outside of the mainland.In July 2018 a C-17 of the squadron collected 55 cases of human remains from Wonsan in North Korea.