McChord's Product Improvement Airmen find ways to save the Air Force millions of dollars

Editor's Note: This is part one of a five part series on McChord's product improvement section. Tech. Sgt. Joseph Bilger, 62nd Maintenance Squadron product improvement manager, opens the door to his office and turns on the lights. He squints as he adjusts his eyes and lets out a yawn. Arriving to

The Power of One

Respect for all is a trait that most Airmen exemplify. Airman 1st Class Aaron Bell, 62nd Operations Support Squadron airfield management apprentice, demonstrated this trait April 16, 2014, when he helped save the life of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord service member. Bell was relaxing in his apartment

Congratulations to ALS Class 14-D

Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here May 15.Senior Airman Edward Breen, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron Senior Airman Patrick Butler, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Brock Butschke, 627th Civil Engineer Squadron

U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board visits JBLM

IG utilize UEI Capstone Survey

In preparation for Team McChord's upcoming unit effectiveness inspection coming up in September, the Air Mobility Command inspector general has developed a survey geared to help enhance their inspection process.The survey is being conducted to provide an opportunity for Team McChord Airmen, DOD

Airmen from the 22nd Special Tactical Squadron honored at awards ceremony

McChord maintainers team with Boeing to repair C-17 engines

Editor's Note: This is part two of a five part series on McChord's product improvement section. In the event of an engine fire aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, aircrews have a system that allows them to extinguish the flames. But that system would be useless without properly functioning engine fan

Tacoma Airman killed in Laos 44 years ago finally comes home

After having been missing for more than 44 years, the remains of Air Force Capt. Douglas D. Ferguson, who was killed when his F-4D Phantom aircraft was shot down over Laos in 1969, returned home May, 1 in Lakewood, Wash.Last year, members of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command excavated the Dec.

LEAP takes McChord Airman to Israel

Capt. Jonathan Goldstein, 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, returned here from a month-long trip April 23, after working with the Office of Defense Cooperation at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel through the Air Force's Language Enabled Airmen Program. LEAP is an Air Force language and culture

AMC Welcomes a New Commander

Air Mobility Command welcomed its 11th commander here, May 5.Gen. Darren W. McDew took command of AMC from Gen. Paul J. Selva during a ceremony officiated by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III. Addressing the Airmen in his new command for the first time, McDew affirmed the pride he