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

EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE!

Fall arrives

Winding up for school

McChord Airman performs at AMC Icon

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

Bring it on!

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

Wing historian trains for historic journey to AOR

A deployment is not an uncommon event for most Airmen around McChord, but for a civilian military historian, it may take a little getting used to.Dr. Haithe Anderson, 62nd Airlift Wing historian, ventures on her first deployment in January to Southwest Asia for six months attached to the 386th Air