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  • 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

  • McChord Airmen celebrate the 75th Anniversary of AFAS

    Airmen assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord gathered together in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Air Force Aid Society here, March 10.According to the AFAS website, the charitable organization dates back to the beginning of American involvement in World War II when Gen. Henry “Hap”

  • Congratulations to the 2016 Team McChord Annual Awards winners

    Congratulations to the following members of Team McChord who were named the 2016 Team McChord Annual Award recipients.Key SpouseMrs. Rachael Deaton, 62nd Airlift WingCivilian Category IMr. Donald Sablan, 627th Air Base GroupCivilian Category IIAMr. Lowell Mooney Jr., 62nd Airlift WingCivilian

  • USAF uses first drone for C-17 post flight inspection

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 Globemaster III on loan from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, here March 6. It was the first time the ET CTF flew an

  • 30 seconds of green

    Team McChord Airmen along with Airmen from other Air Mobility Command units recently participated in the Battalion Mass Tactical Week exercise at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, Feb. 27 through March 2.   More than 100 Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Dyess Air Force Base,

  • Lead in your own skin

    More than 70 Airmen gathered for the most recent installment of the Lunch and Leadership series at the McChord Field chapel support center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 3. This lecture was given by Lt. Col. Jaron Roux, 62nd Operations Support Squadron commander who talked about what

  • Pursuit of the 12th man - MXS saves time and money

    In a time where the Air Force maintainer shortage is at 4,000 fewer Airmen than needed, any opportunity to save money and or manpower is more than welcomed and the 62nd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is doing just that.Maj. David Thompson, 62nd MXS commander, initiated a