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  • McChord opens new assault landing strip

    A McChord C-17 Globemaster III approached the 5,500-foot-long stretch of paved runway with new turnaround points and a new width expanded to 90 feet. That's not much space on which to land a heavily loaded, half-million pound cargo plane, but officials here say it's the perfect runway for C-17

  • Executive order bans texting while driving for federal employees

    In an executive order issued Oct. 1, President Barack Obama banned federal employees from text messaging while behind the wheel on government business. "With nearly 3 million civilian employees, the federal government can and should demonstrate leadership in reducing the dangers of text messaging

  • McChord Airmen complete second humanitarian airlift to American Samoa

    A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., touched down at Pago Pago International Airport Oct. 10, delivering more than 42,000 pounds of Federal Emergency Management Agency cargo to American Samoa in support of ongoing relief operations.The mission was the aircrew's second

  • McChord Airmen provide humanitarian airlift to Indonesia

    McChord Airmen from the 7th Airlift Squadron completed their second humanitarian airlift mission in a week Oct. 9, delivering more than 87,000 pounds of cargo here in support of relief operations following the deadly 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shook the island Sept. 30.The cargo - a forklift and

  • Fire prevention week continues at McChord

    Fire Prevention Week continues through Oct. 10 and McChord families are encouraged to review their role in preventing fires and knowing what actions to take if one occurs. "Every family member must understand his or her role in fire safety," said Chief Sandra Cooper, 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron and

  • AFPC Spread the Word team visits McChord

    The Air Force Personnel Center Spread the Word team visited McChord's maintenance and logistics officers as part of the Spread the Word base tour Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. "AFPC is evolving to provide personnel services in new formats through new programs, and we want to communicate these changes in the

  • McChord Airman to compete at Scott AFB

    A McChord Airman will compete in the AMC Icon finals Oct. 22 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.Team McChord's Icon finalist, Airman 1st Class Rachel Kleist, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, out-sang 11 Airmen recently to win the base-level competition and the opportunity to represent the 62nd Airlift

  • WADS staff sergeant aids injured commissary patron

    A Western Air Defense Sector staff sergeant quickly responded to the needs of an elderly commissary shopper when she fell in the parking lot and hit her head Aug. 31. Staff Sgt. Angelina Christianson, witnessed the woman fall and leapt into action. "I responded to an elderly woman who had fallen in

  • McChord maintainers get C-17 back ‘online’ through tele-conference

    McChord maintainers recently came to the rescue of a C-17 Globemaster III which had developed a computer problem in the avionics system while on a mission to Africa and Europe. Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Bennett and Staff Sgt. Matthew Mazure, 62nd Maintenance Group avionics technicians, guided a McChord 8th