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  • 7th EAS sharpens partnerships, interoperability during OKR

    Personnel from across Team McChord and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, recently executed Operation KENNEY’S RETURN, a Combined and Joint exercise throughout the Indo-Pacific. The exercise involved Joint and Coalition maneuver with representatives from the U.S. Army’s I Corps, Pacific Air

  • OKR pushes the 62d AW to new heights

    Personnel from across Team McChord and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, recently executed Operation KENNEY’S RETURN, a Combined and Joint exercise throughout the Indo-Pacific, August 19-29, 2024. Team McChord Airmen joined forces to become the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron during OKR to

  • Airman rescues 79-year-old woman during hiking accident

    It’s the afternoon on a cool day in August and you are hiking up a mountain toward a dazzling lookout with a view of Mount Rainer and the surrounding landscape.SNAP – CRUNCH – You feel your leg give out beneath you and the sense of shock overtaking your senses. The calm scenery explodes into a

  • Team McChord conducts Risk and Readiness All-Call

    Recently, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David W. Allvin instructed service-wide Risk Management training be conducted and Team McChord held an All-Call Sept. 9, 2024, to meet this requirement.The training was led by Col. Michael Thompson, 62d Maintenance Group commander, and executed by Maj.

  • Together We Deliver: 7th EAS soars above Australia

    Throughout Operation KENNY’S RETURN, pilots from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Joint partners from the Joint Communications Support Element, joined the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to execute global airlift operations and communication abilities over

  • JBLM Hosts AFW2 CARE Event

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord hosted the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program during the Northwest Region Warrior CARE (Caregiver Support, Adaptive Sports and Ambassador Workshop, Recovering Airman Mentorship Program and Resiliency Programming, and Empowerment in Transition) event across Joint Base

  • 62d OSS conducts SERE Water Survival Training

    Team McChord Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron conduct a water survival training course at American Lake, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 9, 2024. The course is part of survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) training and must be completed by aircrew every three

  • APS trains, delivers during OKR

    Port Airmen are performing key roles in daily flights working with maintenance team members and the Royal Australian Air Force during Operation KENNEY’S RETURN.For OKR, these specialized Airmen are responsible for loading and unloading aircraft, training maintenance teams on palletized loading and

  • Innovating Communications across the Pacific during OKR

    U.S. Army Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted beyond line-of-sight fire direction center communications with team members back at JBLM while temporarily deployed to Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 23, 2024.“Being here is such a great

  • 7th EAS conducts Sharp Start to OKR

    The 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron began daily flight operations during Operation KENNEY’S RETURN at Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville, Queensland, Australia, on August 23, 2024. The daily operational missions are conducted to accomplish strategic, operational, and tactical Desired