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  • C-17 Globemaster III Airmen lift off

    More than 100 Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron have brought their combat airlift professionalism and "combat musk" to missions supporting Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Southwest Asia and the Horn of Africa."We are excited to be here and look forward to continuing to use

  • Surge participation by McChord reminiscent of historic Berlin airlift

    Sixty-two years ago on July 2, Airmen in the 1-year-old United States Air Force made history with a mission which airlifted 2.3 million tons of coal, food and supplies to Berlin, Germany after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin had cut off all ground transportation through Russia.The Soviet blockade on

  • 62nd Communications Squadron Airman gears up for competition

    Before he puts on his Air Force uniform, every morning from about 5:30 Tech. Sgt. Llewyn McFarlane makes some time for himself.No shoptalk or socializing, just him, the weight bench and the barbells."It's my drug," he said of his time at the base gym. "If I don't get it, I'm out of whack."And with

  • Youngest C-17 pilot joins 4th Airlft Squadron

    Kaylie Bergen, a 6-year-old from Federal Way, Wash., battling cancer, toured the base Tuesday as this month's participant in the Pilot for a Day Program. The purpose of the program is to give local children with serious illnesses a day completely devoted to them and their interest in aviation. The

  • Large formation flight provides training opportunity for Airmen and Soldiers

    Seven C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flew a local area flight formation Wednesday.The flight was part of a joint requirement to execute Army forcible entry operations by airdropping an entire brigade on short notice. "Basically, the mission today is to qualify the loadmasters so they would be able to

  • McChord Field Airmen Stand Down

    The 62nd Airlift Wing particpated in an Air Mobility Command "Wingman Stand Down" May 10 to call attention to the recent rise in Air Force suicides, the tragic loss of Airmen to private motor vehicle accidents, and to reenergize the Wingman concept as the foundation approach to suicide prevention

  • Vehicle decals required for Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Starting Oct. 1, 2010, all vehicles entering Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field must have current Department of Defense decals. Retirees, Air Force active-duty and reserve personnel, and civil servant personnel, as well as all dependants, can obtain vehicle decals at a number of locations. On

  • Air Expo 2010 a unified effort

    The opening of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Air Expo 2010, held July 17 and 18 at JBLM McChord Field, is being scripted like a Hollywood movie. Luckily, that script isn't being guarded like a top-secret military document. With the excitement of a screenwriter pitching his first-ever script to

  • McChord Field Airman aids injured motorist

    Doing the right thing seems automatic for some people.Staff Sgt. Nigel Norcisa, 8th Airlift Squadron, and a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster at McChord Field, is one of those people.Norcisa grew up in an Air Force family in Dover, Del. His father's guiding philosophy influences his life to this

  • McChord Field Lieutenant excels as JET Airman in Iraq

    U.S. Air Force 1st Lieutenant Timothy Underwood, currently assigned to the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, is directly working for the Navy in the Base Command Group (BCG) at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The BCG functions as the Mayor Cell which performs Base Operating Support and Integration (BOS-I)