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  • JAG announces law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program are being accepted from Jan. 1, 2013 through Mar. 1, 2013. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. The number of FLEP and ELP applicants selected in any academic year is determined based on the needs of the Air

  • 5th ASOS sergeant earns Bronze Star

    A staff sergeant assigned to the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron was awarded the fourth highest combat decoration, the Bronze Star Medal, during a ceremony Dec. 21.Staff Sgt. Andrew Cox, a joint terminal attack controller, earned the medal for exceptional and meritorious service while deployed

  • 18th AF commander issues intent letter

    To the Airmen of our great global mobility enterprise: thank you! We have asked a great deal from you and your families this year. Through it all you have been the model for operational excellence and allowed our Nation to accomplish some amazing things across the globe. You are, without a doubt,

  • Congratulations to 13 senior airman BTZ selects

    Thirteen airmen 1st class were recently selected for below-the-zone promotion.A "below the zone" promotion means Airmen are able to sew on a new stripe six months earlier than their original date of rank. The following individuals will be promoted to senior airman ahead of their peers:Derrick

  • 4th AS’s newest C-17 pilot is only 8 years old

    Tommy McGraw, an 8-year-old from University Place, Wash., who is currently recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumor, got the opportunity to tour McChord Field Monday as a participant in the Pilot for a Day program.The purpose of the program, run by the 4th Airlift Squadron, is to give

  • New AMC Commander visits with Team McChord Airmen

    "I am thrilled to be back here at McChord, it is a little like coming home," said Gen. Paul Selva, recently-appointed Air Mobility Command commander and former McChord Air Force Base wing commander. "Most of the commanders and chiefs I see here now were majors and technical sergeants before."Selva