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  • CJCS sends Military Family Appreciation Week message

    As we count our blessings this month, America's Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen serve day and night around the globe to defend our Nation. We are all very proud of them, and yet we should never forget that none of them do it alone. The extraordinary families who support them

  • Rise of the cyber wingman: 10 principles Airmen must know

    Every day, malicious code, worms, botnets and hooks attack Air Force computers hardware, software and the Internet. They infiltrate classified information and compromise national security. In response, the Air Force is stepping up its mission to defend cyberspace.Cyberspace adversaries attack

  • Battlefield Airmen sharpen skills during Exercise Twilight

    Fifteen battlefield Airmen stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., conducted close air support training here with two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets Oct. 22 to 24 as part of Exercise Twilight. The Airmen were from the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, part of the 1st Air Support Operations Group also at

  • 10th Airlift Squadron returns home

    More than 120 Airmen from the 10th Airlift Squadron returned Wednesday evening from a 120-day deployment to Southwest Asia as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The 10th AS members were deployed as the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from May to November. The squadron flew a

  • Green Tales October 30, 2009

    The October 16, 2009 edition of "Green Tales" is online at:http://www.mcchord.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091030-074.pdf

  • Green Tales October 16, 2009

    The October 16, 2009 edition of "Green Tales" is online at:http://www.mcchord.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091023-061.pdf

  • 'Year of the Air Force Family' top priority at McChord

    One of the Air Force's top priorities is taking care of its Airmen and their families and to further ensure that this is taken care of, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley designated July 2009 to July 2010 as the "Year of the Air Force Family,"

  • Airmen graduate Airman Leadership School

    The following Airmen recently graduated from the Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School, class 09-G: Senior Airman Joseph Ruiz, 4th Airlift Squadron Senior Airman Zachary Sobotta, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron Senior Airman Kyle Goodhart, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron Senior Airman Ryan Pappas,

  • Deployed McChord Airman helps develop Balad Wounded Warriors Program

    "Don't count the days; make every day count," is the credo Brig. Gen. Craig Franklin, the installation commander, recommends military members adopt during their tour here. One Airman who accepted this challenge, a native of Salina, Kan., helped develop a program to aid wounded warriors. As his