McChord C-17 named "Flying the Hump"

Port dawgs run for the fallen

Airmen and families stretched and laced up their shoes as they prepared for the start of a run. With the yell of "go", Airmen took off running at this year's 62nd Aerial Port Squadron 5K Memorial Run May 18, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.The memorial run an annual tradition among port

Leading by example - Capt. J.C. Henry

After a rocky and bumpy start to adulthood, Capt. Jason Henry, 627th Logistics Readiness Squadron operations officer, engaged himself with his local services recruiters and ultimately chose to serve in the Unites States Air Force.For Henry, joining the armed forces directly after high school was not

62nd AW participates in USASOC exercise

Starting at Pope Army Air Field, North Carolina and ending at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing participated in a training exercise May 2-3 sponsored by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.The three 62nd AW aircrews flying C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assisted in

Deployed Families Dinner draws crowd

Congratulations to ALS Class 16-D

Congratulations to the following Airmen and Seamen who graduated the Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here May 10.Senior Airman Joshua Beeler, 8th Airlift SquadronSenior Airman Jon Blancett, 111th Air Support Operations Squadron Senior Airman Brandon Cargill, 62nd Aerial Port SquadronSenior

Airmen honor fallen MIA

A ceremonial guardsman wearing white gloves raises his hand to render a salute as a white sedan pulls up to the curb. He proceeds to the vehicle where he respectfully retrieves an urn containing the remains of a fellow comrade. The urn holds the remains of Airman Second Class Conrad Sprague that

U.S. Air Force's Top Enlisted visits JBLM

A full season of visits from distinguished visitors from across the Department of Defense, to include the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Mobility Command commander was capped off when the top enlisted member for the Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

10th AS inactivation ‘Bittersweet’

For the fifth time in its 76-year history, the 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field was inactivated in a ceremony here May 6. Prior to this ceremony, the squadron had been inactivated four times and reactivated five times since its inception. It was most recently reactivated at McChord Field back

Airmen participate in Fall Protection Focus Weeks

Air Force Occupational Safety will sponsor Fall Protection Focus weeks May 2 through May 13, to draw attention to avoidable mishaps due to falls said Ken Heath 62nd Airlift Wing ground safety chief. During calendars years 2011-2015, falls were responsible for 6,724 Air Force injuries that resulted