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  • Family, friends to welcome 4th Airlift Squadron home

    More than 120 Airmen from McChord Field's 4th Airlift Squadron will be greeted by family and friends here Wednesday, Jan. 5, after a 120-day deployment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.The 4th AS Airmen were deployed as the

  • Congratulations to NCO Academy Class 11-1

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Vosler NCO Academy Dec. 16 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. TSgt Cooke, Jannell 8th Airlift SquadronTSgt Pettigrew, Douglas 62nd Maintenance SquadronTSgt Horton, Christopher 361st Recruiting SquadronTSgt Mueller, Jennifer 62nd Medical

  • AMC outlines mission, vision and focus areas for new year

    Visitors can now view the updated Air Mobility Command Vision, Mission &Focus Areas Brochure by clicking on the front page of the public Web site.From relief operations in Haiti and Pakistan to combat support in Afghanistan, Air Mobility Forces are making a positive difference globally in the lives

  • McChord home to AMC’s Financial Management Airman of the Year

    While working at Costco before enlisting in the Air Force, Senior Airman Jesse Hughes remembers that there were always days where the hours would just creep by before it was time to go home.That's far from the case nowadays for the 25-year-old airman.Hughes, who works in the 62nd Comptroller

  • C-17 marks 2 millionth flight hour during airdrop

    This month, the C-17 Globemaster III celebrated its two millionth flight hour. As a testament to the C-17 mission tempo, the aircraft passed its two millionth flight hour just four years after passing its the first million hour mark -- and the first million hours took 16 years to reach. Although AMC

  • 7th AS deploys for overseas contingency operations

    More than 100 Airmen assigned to the 7th Airlift Squadron departed McChord Field Dec. 28 for a 120-day deployment in support of the Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. "We are a unique squadron deploying at a unique time." said Lt. Col. Eric Carney, 7th AS commander. "We have a lot of

  • Avoiding the winter blues

    Members of Team McChord are busy, as a total force they are dealing with frequent deployments, sustained operations tempo, financial demands, cold weather and separation from their families during the holidays. All of these combined factors can cause untold stress. For some people, the weight of