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  • 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

  • 7th EAS Explodes into OKR

    On August 19, more than 150 U.S. Air Force Airmen and Army Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., alerted and loaded onto four C-17 Globemaster IIIs, departing for their final destination...Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville, Queensland, Australia.Within hours of the alert, each C-17

  • Team McChord executes OKR deployment

    The 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron explodes into the Indo-Pacific theatre during Operation KENNY’S RETURN. On August 19, 2024, aircrews, personnel, equipment, loaded onto four aircraft before launching out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, heading out to execute air mobility operations

  • Sharpest in the Business: Lead Planners from the 7AS ready for OKR

    Planners from the 7th Airlift Squadron are gearing up to lead Team McChord execution of a Combined and Joint exercise throughout the Indo-Pacific called Operation KENNY’S RETURN. Operation KENNEY’S RETURN was created by the 62d Airlift Wing, named after World War II Air Force Gen. George C. Kenney,

  • The 62d AW prepares for OKR Explodeo!

    The 62d Airlift Wing is preparing and developing a joint and coalition exercise in the Indo-Pacific area of operations named Operation KENNY’S RETURN.  The foundation of any successful operation is the people who perform maintenance and support functions, and OKR is no different. Months of careful