Combat Raider keeps joint-force proficient, ready for battle

A young pilot dangles dangerously far from the grassy South Dakota tundra, held on by nothing more than a strap, a cable and a medic from the South Dakota National Guard.   As the Soldier and Airmen are hoisted up toward the HH-60 Pave Hawk medical helicopter, fake blood runs down the captain’s

Operation Turkey Drop hits McChord

Team McChord Airmen participate in Wingman Day

C-17 Weapons Instructor Course relocates to JB Lewis-McChord

Air Mobility Command will save $12 million annually by moving a weapons squadron and weapons instructor course from New Jersey to Washington beginning the summer of 2017, officials announced Nov. 18.

Combat controller continues Special Tactics legacy of valor

Their mission was to return power to the people of Kabul. But what started as a peaceful venture ended in a 14-hour firefight, with one Airman using airpower to turn the tide of the battle. Staff Sgt. Keaton Thiem, a combat controller with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron, ventured out into enemy

Team McChord participates in 2016 CFC

   Team McChord Airmen recently launched this year Combined Federal Campaign drive Oct. 7 at McChord Field. The CFC is a Department of Defense sponsored organization that raises funds for more than 1,600 charities worldwide. Team McChord Airmen and DOD civilians donate to numerous charities yearly

Team McChord hosts Lunch and Leadership Lecture series

The 62nd Airlift Wing commander’s action group hosted a Lunch and Leadership Lecture Nov. 4 at the McChord Chapel Support Center. The first training of the series was held to provide relevant informal leadership advice to Airmen of all ranks.  "This is an informal environment for anyone interested

Maintenance Airman delivers airpower

 With little more than a year on station, one Team McChord maintainer made quite an impression on his leadership.  Senior Airman Jamal Agoun, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron instrument and flight control systems apprentice, has saved the day more than once, allowing aircrews to launch on time.

McChord proves mass vaccinations possible

Every year Airmen are required to get vaccinated for the flu virus, but not every year do more than 1,200 Airmen get vaccinated by one clinic, in one day. The 62nd Medical Squadron conducted a point of dispensing exercise Oct. 28, at McChord Field, Washington to practice providing mass vaccines to

McChord Airmen complete 60 years of Antarctic airlift

On Oct. 21 Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, flew from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, tracing a similar flight pattern to one flown 60 years earlier.  The flight commemorated the first ever U.S. Air Force Antarctic flight flown in a Douglas C-124