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  • McChord member retires after 50 years of service – Carl Barnes

    For more than 50 years Mr. Carl Barnes has been a member of the U.S. Air Force, serving 30 years and 28 days in the active duty and then another 20 years and 3 months as a civil service employee and on April 30 he will hang up his hat and retire as an employee of the service. Barnes is from Lufkin,

  • Team McChord Airmen honor WWII veterans

    More than 60 service members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and the local area honored veterans participating in the Puget Sound Honor Flight, April 24 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The veterans were welcomed home after returning from their trip to Washington, District of

  • 627th CES trains to lead the way

    The 627th Civil Engineer Squadron completed their internal Capstone exercise April 20 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., which consisted of an evaluation where they simulated being in a deployed environment and had to build a base from the ground up.The squadron used this Capstone as an internal

  • Mobility Guardian planning – informing the community

    Lt. Col. Dan DeYoung, Joint Base Lewis- McChord Mobility Guardian director, met with community leaders at the Lakewood Military Affairs Committee, April 18, to brief and inform on what impact the community can expect from the upcoming Mobility Guardian Exercise that will take place here July 30 –

  • Former Iranian hostage speaks at Wingman Day

    Team McChord Airmen took part in the bi-annual Wingman Day April 14, at the American Lake Conference Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. This Wingman Day was unique because it featured guest speaker Dr. Paul Needham, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former Iranian hostage. The

  • JBLM Airmen and Soldiers train for the unexpected

    The Airmen and Soldiers of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington have learned how to train for the unexpected. Team McChord Airmen along with Lewis Soldiers recently participated in a Mission Oriented Training exercise April 13 on the McChord Field flightline. Loadmasters from the 62nd Airlift Wing

  • McChord Tower- Communication is more than key

    The 62nd Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Control Tower at McChord responded quickly to prevent an aircraft incident April 11, 2017, on the McChord runway, when an U.S. Navy P-3 Orion seemingly lost all radio communications with them.The P-3 was on the active runway preparing to depart, when

  • Local business executive speaks at McChord’s Lunch and Learn

    This month McChord’s Lunch and Learn session featured a local business leader as the guest speaker. Devin Craig, Jimmy John’s director of operations and 4th Airlift Squadron honorary commander provided in-depth leadership advice from an experienced business viewpoint April 7 at the McChord Chapel

  • 62nd MXG maintainers perform C-17 flap change

    Team McChord Airmen recently performed an uncommon maintenance action to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flight control as maintainers from the 62nd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington changed out a faulty C-17 flap April 6.   The 2,200 pound flap replaced a faulty flap and

  • A toast for the ages: 510th Fighter Squadron WWII members reunite

    It was a pact made many years ago when the aging members of the 510th Fighter Squadron from World War II decided to they could no longer attend their annual reunions.The pact, a deal that the last two surviving members of that unit would share a final toast of Brandy in support of their fallen