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  • McChord crew chiefs - More than turning wrenches

    C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on McChord Field cannot takeoff without the help of the 62nd Maintenance Group crew chiefs. A jack of all trades and a generalist in aircraft maintenance, crew chiefs are responsible for maintaining all of the 48 C-17s assigned to McChord.“We are the first line of

  • Team McChord gains new ‘Pilot for a Day’

    Team McChord’s newest pilot had a busy first day. “Pilot for a Day” participant, Stillen Rivera, along with his mother, sister and grandparents, tested out the emergency evacuation hanging harness and climbed to the top of the control tower; they got the chance to try out night vision goggles with

  • Airmen kick-off spring cleaning, beautify Perimeter Road

      Dozens of Team McChord Airmen launched a clean-up effort outside the gates of Joint Base Lewis, McChord, Washington, March 17.The Perimeter Road beautification project was orchestrated by Staff Sgt. Joshua Barnes, 7th Airlift Squadron C-17A loadmaster, who believes demonstrating good stewardship

  • 627th Airmen identifies vehicle issue and saves AF $68k

    According to Micromain Corporation, doing preventative maintenance on your vehicle is one of the easiest ways to save money in the long run.Maintenance Airmen from the 627th Logistic Readiness Squadron learned first-hand just how important performing preventative maintenance really is.“The 627th

  • 62 AW Command Post – Heard, but never seen

    “We are the nerve center for the 62nd Airlift Wing, we’re heard, but not seen,” said Bryan Barnett, 62nd Airlift Wing Command Post chief of training. The 62nd Airlift Wing command post here at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, has spent the last several weeks working on renovations to their

  • McChord power couple takes home matching annual awards

    Master Sgt. Theodore (T.J.) McKee, and Master Sgt. Tiffany McKee graced the stage one-after-the-other at the 2016 Team McChord Annual Awards Banquet, March 10, to accept NCO and SNCO of the Year awards, demonstrating that for them, success is a ‘No McKee Left Behind’ type of arrangement. The deal

  • Flares and munitions – 62nd MXS Ammo

    In a warehouse located on the 62nd Maintenance Squadron ammunitions grounds on McChord Field is the conventional maintenance production flight, which is responsible for maintaining all of the flares and ammo for Team McChord at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Staff Sgt. Chad Warner, 62nd

  • McChord USO Shali Center continues its support for the troops

    Since 1941, the United Service Organizations has kept military men and women connected to their families, homes and country no matter where they are, or under what conditions they serve.The USO Northwest has been servicing the surrounding area since 1966 and continues to serve the men and women of

  • 100 sorties a day – Planning for Mobility Guardian 2017

    A group of seven Mobility Guardian planners have been working tirelessly to coordinate the 100 sorties a day that will be flying out of McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, during this summer’s projected Air Mobility Command Mobility Guardian exercise.Maj. Sean McConville, 62nd

  • USAF, AMC surgeon generals visit McChord

    Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Air Force surgeon general, paid a visit to the 62nd Medical Squadron here March 7, to gain a better understanding of medical operations at McChord, and to touch base with Team McChord’s medical Airmen.Ediger was joined by Brig. Gen. Lee Payne, Air Mobility Command surgeon