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  • McChord flying squadrons continue to meet the mission

    In late March, McChord's three flying squadrons (the 7th Airlift Squadron is currently deployed) had combined to fly 3,078 sorties, transporting more than 25,000 tons of cargo and piling up more than 11,000 flying hours since the beginning of the year.Airlift taskings continue at a heavy pace due to

  • Contracting squadron earns Air Force-level award

    The 62nd Contracting Squadron was recently named the Air Force fiscal year 2008 Outstanding Contracting Unit (Small).The award is a first for the squadron and is particularly meaningful since the 62nd CONS will be fully consolidated into the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Procurement Office by October

  • McChord competes at AMTS Maintenance Skills Competition

    Three Air Mobility Command maintenance teams gathered March 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nev., to compete in the Aviation Maintenance Technology Society's second annual Maintenance Skills Competition.Teams from McChord, Dyess and McGuire Air Force Bases, as well as a U.S. Navy team, competed with civilian

  • AFAF campaign kicks off

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off March 23, providing Airmen the opportunity to contribute to any of the four official Air Force charitable organizations."The fund offers a unique opportunity to support our own," said Capt. Ian Ostermiller, 10th Airlift Squadron and AFAF installation

  • Transition to AMC SharePoint site set for April 3

    Air Mobility Command officials moved one step closer to making it easier to share information within squadrons, wings and across all of AMC on March 20, wrapping up a 14-month Enterprise Information Management deployment tour across the command.The seven-person EIM team spent three weeks at McChord,

  • Town hall meeting tackles joint basing concerns

    For many Air Force and Army employees, the upcoming Joint Base Lewis-McChord represents a time of transition and it provokes a lot of questions like, "what's going to happen to my job and the benefits I've earned?" On March 12, the Joint Integration Office held two non-appropriated fund town hall

  • 62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen save life at base passenger terminal

    62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen responded to a medical emergency at the McChord passenger terminal Feb. 22, utilizing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and self aid and buddy care training to save the life of a Reservist with the 36th APS. Staff Sgt. Jonathan DeVera, Airmen 1st Class Geoffrey Young and

  • 62nd MXS ‘buddy readers’ share important gift

    In classrooms across the country, thousands of children, teachers and parents participated March 2 in Read Across America, an annual program sponsored by the National Education Association designed to celebrate reading. But in one classroom at Carter Lake Elementary school here, "buddy readers" from