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  • How to succeed during the ORI

    The Air Mobility Command Inspector General team is coming to McChord Oct. 25 to conduct an Operational Readiness Inspection. The ORI, while challenging, should be a positive experience. It's a chance to conduct a detailed scrub of our mission capabilities, identify and fix discrepancies, improve

  • Joint basing town hall highlights milestone

    Col. Thomas Brittain and Col. Kenny Weldon, the future Joint Base Lewis-McChord command team, briefed the McChord community Tuesday afternoon on the status of Joint Basing. After brief introductions, Colonel Weldon, 62nd Mission Support Group commander and future JBLM deputy commander, explained the

  • Base officials urge safe finish to Critical Days of Summer

    With less than one week left in the Air Force's Critical Days of Summer safety campaign, McChord officials are asking Airmen to make responsible choices and stay safe over the upcoming four-day holiday weekend.During this year's CDS campaign -- which runs every year from Memorial Day to Labor Day --

  • Warrior Days prepare wing for ORI

    Squadrons across the 62nd Airlift Wing are making sure their Airmen are 100 percent ready for the next mobility exercise and the Operational Readiness Inspection.Much of that preparation comes though each squadron's "Warrior Days" training.Warrior days set aside an entire day for a unit to work on

  • Northwest Airlifter ends, wing news stays online

    Production of the Northwest Airlifter newspaper as an authorized publication of the 62nd Airlift Wing ends with a final edition Sept. 25 as the base gets closer to activating Joint Base Lewis-McChord in January."The Northwest Airlifter served to inform McChord Airmen for decades, and the publication

  • McChord recognized for excellence in Nuclear Enterprise

    Air Force officials gave the 62nd Airlift Wing the highest-possible grade Aug. 24 following a week-long no-notice Limited Nuclear Surety Inspection of the wing's role as the nation's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force. The wing's PNAF mission plays a crucial role in the nation's nuclear enterprise which

  • C-17 Globemaster III marks 10 years of service at McChord

    With nearly 1,000 local community leaders and Team McChord members watching intently, McChord's first C-17 Globemaster III -- the "Spirit of McChord" -- touched down here July 30, 1999, piloted by then-Air Mobility Commander Gen. Charles "Tony" Robertson. The aptly-named aircraft was one of two

  • Wing celebrates historic birthday

    The 62nd Airlift Wing's time at McChord will reach a historic milestone Saturday, marking the 62nd anniversary as a wing at this base. The wing was established as the 62nd Troop Carrier Wing on July 28, 1947, calling McChord Field (later Air Force Base) home on Aug. 15, 1947. The 4th, 7th and 8th

  • Joint Base preparation stays on steady course

    Development of Joint Base Lewis-McChord reached a signifi cant milestone this week with the expected signing of the Memorandum of Agreement by the vice chiefs of them Army and Air Force. The MOA was developed locally and fi nalized in May after months of work by McChord and Fort Lewis leadership and

  • LRS Airman bulks up for upcoming competition

    In the midst of a strict, 12-week diet, Airman 1st Class Ryan Timm, 62nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, is often subject to a never-ending list of food temptations. Friends and coworkers inadvertently (or at times, intentionally) parade by the young Airman goodies such as Girl Scout cookies, ice