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  • Joint team supports humanitarian air drop in northern Iraq

    U.S. Army parachute riggers at two bases in the region assembled pallets of food and water Aug. 6 and 7 for a humanitarian air drop by a C-17 Globmaster III and two C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft Aug. 8 in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq.The aid was assembled after the Iraqi Government sent a request

  • JBLM Service Members conduct Operation Desert Cougar

    Air Force and Army service members from here participated in Operation Desert Cougar, a joint emergency deployment readiness exercise that took them to Schoonover, California, August 4.Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing and the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron worked with Soldiers from the 1st Special

  • AMC Commander visits JBLM

    Gen. Darren McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, and his wife, Evelyn, along with Chief Master Sgt. Victoria Gamble, AMC command chief, visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord July 23 through July 25.This was the first time Gen. and Mrs. McDew visited JBLM since he took command of AMC May 5, 2014.

  • AWACS receives new upgrades

    Airmen of the AWACS Joint Test Force in Seattle, Washington have recently completed testing for an upgrade to the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System. The AWACS Joint Test Force is comprised of Air Combat Command personnel assigned to Detachment 1, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron,

  • McChord pilot continues to inspire Airmen

    In 2009, a young Air Force lieutenant in pilot training thought his dreams of flying in the Air Force were crushed following a recreational boating accident that resulted in the loss of his right leg.Despite the accident, Capt. Ryan McGuire, now a 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, became the first Airman

  • New M50 respirator has got that Darth Vader look

    Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen all agree: They like the look and feel of the new M50 respirator, said U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, who developed the masks. Otherwise known as the Joint Service General Purpose Mask, the M50 was developed by Edgewood on behalf of the Joint

  • JBLM water report has no big surprises

    With the weather warming up, it's nice to know the water in bottles, glasses and cups around Joint Base Lewis-McChord is safe to drink.The 3.5 million gallons of drinking water used daily on JBLM met state and federal safety standards, according to the 2013 Consumer Confidence Report released this