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  • McChord Field's flight kitchen crew sustains Airmen

    To sustain a goal, there must be a constant support toward it, and at McChord Field, the flight kitchen is just that, supporting the Airmen and personnel to keep them well enough to sustain the mission.Five Airmen from the 627th Force Support Squadron run the flight kitchen at McChord Field,

  • Being a Wingman

    The 62nd Airlift Wing commander, Col. David Kumashiro, asked the Airmen of 62nd AW and 627th Air Base Group to turn on their cell phones Monday.Then he told them to text someone "I'm a wingman."During the wing's biannual Wingman Day with the theme "Connecting the Dots," officers and Airmen spoke

  • Airmen busy building gazebos

    For 21 days 15 service members and one civilian have been under controlled monitoring at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for the Ebola virus.They've all returned from missions that took them to West Africa. While under supervision at the old World War II barracks on Lewis North, they have passed the time

  • 62nd AMXS receives Commander’s Sports Trophy

    Like many units, the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord proudly displays the various trophies won throughout the installation's intramural sports program. On Monday, they received a trophy that no other JBLM Air Force unit had ever claimed - the JBLM Commander's Sports

  • Course designed to make transitioning easier for Airmen

    Arriving at Joint Base Lewis-McChord from Air Force technical training can be a major transition for many new Airmen. Luckily, the 62nd Airlift Wing offers an extensive First Term Airmen Course to help Airmen transition from a training environment to a new, more demanding working environment.The

  • Airman earns top firefighter honors

    For the second consecutive year, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force firefighter won the Army Firefighter of the Year award. Senior Airman Kevin Alfonso, a 627th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was presented the award for 2013 on Dec. 11, 2014 at JBLM.Alfonso has served at McChord Field's Fire

  • Congratulations to ALS Class 15-A

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here Dec. 12.Senior Airman Christina Aime, 62nd MDSSenior Airman Marc Bailey, 627th LRSSenior Airman Derrick Brigham, 627th LRSSenior Airman Diego Casillas, 627th CSSenior Airman Leonil Castillo, 627th

  • McChord aircrews put air power on display during JFE

    Aircrews from Joint Bases Lewis-McChord, Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and Elmendorf-Richardson departed from McChord Field, Wash., in five C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Dec. 6, to participate in realistic and complex training the Air Force has to offer during a joint forcible entry exercise over the Keno