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  • McChord helps Sea-Tac controllers train for new runway

    McChord Airmen and technology provided a unique inter-agency training opportunity with a strategic impact on the nation's northwest corridor. Since September, members of the 62nd Operations Support Squadron have shared the use of a training simulator here with Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

  • Team McChord readies for NSI

    Base officials are ramping-up to welcome members of the Air Mobility Command Inspector General team and Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the new year for the operational phase of McChord's Nuclear Surety Inspection. The teams will focus on four major graded areas throughout the inspection: nuclear

  • MOBEX helps wing prepare for inspection

    With the Operational Readiness Inspection a year away, this week base officials conducted the first of four weeklong mobility exercises designed to prepare for the ORI.Starting Oct. 18, nearly 300 Airmen from various units across the wing gathered to practice and prepare for the four graded phases

  • Privatization plan set to transform base housing

    With effects of housing privatization already visible here, base officials are pleased with the progress and excited about what the future holds for the quality of life for families living on base."You can already see by the fencing around Cascade Village that things are starting to move forward,"

  • 8th Airlift Squadron ramps-up training before deployment

    Months of careful planning go into preparing for each deployment, ensuring aircrews are ready to accomplish the mission downrange. Training plays a large role in that preparation.As the 8th Airlift Squadron prepares to deploy at the end of the month, squadron training officials are busy ensuring