62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing, in conjunction with Reserve partners from the 446th AW, recently completed a record-setting Operation Deep Freeze season.The ODF season began Aug. 20, 2011, with late winter flights known as WINFLY, and consisted of a 35-person team delivering supplies to the

62 AW Airmen reflect back to helping families during Operation Pacific Passage

Shortly after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and destructive tsunami struck Japan March 11, 2011, mobility Airmen around the world began a world-wide effort to help the Japanese people. By March 18, 2011, that support and help would include evacuating American military families through Operation

62nd AW conducts training day

U.S. mobilized to aid Japan

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta issued statements last week marking the one-year anniversary of the "3/11" earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated Japan.Obama said he and First Lady Michelle Obama join all Americans in honoring

Local brothers become ‘Pilots for a Day’

As they climbed aboard a C-17 Globemaster III for the first time, two local brothers could hardly hold back their excitement.The brothers from Centralia, Wash., are battling cystic fibrosis and recently had an opportunity to step in the shoes of an Airman and become a part of Team McChord when they

CGOC receives one-on-one mentoring from leadership

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627th LRS basketball team takes first place

Congratulations to the 627th Logistics Readiness Squadron who earned first place during the 2012 intramural basketball champions held at McChord Field. The team defeated the 373rd Training Squadron 41 to 44 in the final round of the tournament March 14. The 62nd Maintenance Squadron finished in

New Flightline Express provides options

Your shift doesn't end for another two hours and your stomach is growling so loudly that you can hear it over the aircraft engine. As a flightline worker, you find it challenging to sneak away from work and grab a snack before dinner. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service has found a solution to

Quarterly dinner shows support for deployed families