Team McChord performs during Rainier War

In today's military, aircrews have to be trained and ready to handle any type of combat scenario, and recently, members of McChord Field and other bases participated in an exercise titled "Rainier War" to help them hone their skills.Aircrews from Joint Bases Lewis-McChord, Wash, Pearl Harbor-Hickam,

Apache delivery

A team of Airmen use a McChord Field C-17 Globemaster III to deliver two 3-6 Heavy Cavalry Regiment Apache helicopters from Fort Bliss, Texas to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Dec. 13. The helicopters are scheduled to take part in the annual Qatar National Day Parade set for Dec. 18. Qatar National Day is

Spreading holiday cheer - Operation Cookie Drop 2015

With the holidays fast approaching, this can be a challenging time for many Airmen living in the dorms who are still becoming accustomed to being away from their families and for some it can be the first holiday away from home.Team McChord reached out to these Airmen with Operation Cookie Drop

Donated trees ease strain on family budgets

Santa's helpers may have been dressed in green and red, but they were a far cry from the North Pole elves.Joint Base Lewis-McChord service members donned red and white Santa hats to help welcome the holiday season as they unloaded hundreds of Christmas trees at American Lake Conference Center Dec.

Airmen ‘give back to the community’

It was the break of dawn on a cold sunny day when three Airmen arrived at the construction site. After six long hours of hard labor, the job was complete. The volunteer work was done -- now it was time to head to work.Standing 6-foot-6, Staff Sgt. Daniel Watkins, 627th Security Forces Squadron's

Holiday cheer

Holiday trees on Lewis Main and McChord Field were lit, along with a menorah, to kick off the holiday season at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last week.Joint Base Lewis-McChord Commander Daniel S. Morgan attended both events last week to help with festivities."This period of the year is a time for all of

Senator Dammeier visits Team McChord

1st Sergeants host Single Airmen's Feast

2015 McChord Field Holiday Lighting Ceremony

Maintainers' initiative saves time

Every C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the Air Force has miles of wire, thousands of sensors and hundreds of dials, switches and indicators.Each section of aircraft maintainers has their specific tools that they need daily to accomplish maintenance on an aircraft, but when those tools are not in the