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7th EAS Explodes into OKR

U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force and Army service members stand together at the start of Operation KENNY’S RETURN at RAAF Base Townsville, Queensland, Australia, August 22, 2024. The U.S. service members have combined into the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron during Operation KENNY’S RETURN, working alongside their Australian counterparts. OKR will involve joint and coalition maneuver with representatives from the U.S. Army’s I Corps, Pacific Air Forces, United States Transportation Command Joint Communication Service Element, as well as units assigned to the U.S. Space Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force and Army. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron repair a light while prepping aircraft for training missions during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 9, 2025. During Bamboo Eagle, the 7th EAS engaged in semi-prepared runway operations, low altitude air refueling training, integrated combat turn training, night flying operations, specialized fueling operations and other critical pre-deployment practice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron install aircraft jacks prior to the replacement of a shimmy dampener on a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 8, 2025. Bamboo Eagle served as the certification event for the 7th EAS ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Irving Rodriguez, heavy aircraft integrated avionics specialist, left, Staff Sgt. Jonathon Goeddey, crew chief, center, and Senior Airman Cody Bard, heavy aircraft integrated avionics specialist, all with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, remove flares from a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 8, 2025. Bamboo Eagle is the third of three exercises the 7th EAS programmed to develop their Mass Generation Force Element ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

A U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron points to damage necessitating replacement of the shimmy dampener on a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 8, 2025. During Bamboo Eagle, the 7th EAS engaged in semi-prepared runway operations, low altitude air refueling training, integrated combat turn training, night flying operations, specialized fueling operations and other critical pre-deployment practice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Douglas Jackson, 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron heavy aircraft integrated avionics specialist, updates flight computer labels while prepping aircraft for training missions during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 8, 2025. Bamboo Eagle served as the certification event for the 7th EAS ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Maintainers Keep Aircraft Flying During Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Timothy Guanzon, 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aerospace propulsion specialist, supervises refueling operations while prepping the aircraft for training missions during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 7, 2025. Bamboo Eagle is the third of three exercises the 7th EAS programmed to develop their Mass Generation Force Element ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cyrus Cardona-Gonzales, loadmaster, left, and Staff Sgt. Brandon Medlock, crew chief, both with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, signal an Airman driving a bomb “jammer”, assigned to the 34th Fighter Generation Squadron, onto a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Feb. 13, 2025. Throughout Bamboo Eagle, the 7th EAS engaged in semi-prepared runway operations, low altitude air refueling training, integrated combat turn training, night flying operations, specialized fueling operations and other critical pre-deployment practice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force maintenance Airmen with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron inspect a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 11, 2025. Bamboo Eagle served as the certification event for the 7th EAS ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Maj. David Larson, left, and Capt. Tim Lloyd, both 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilots, check infrared wing lights on a C-17 Globemaster III during Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Sacramento, California, Feb. 10, 2025. Bamboo Eagle is the third of three exercises the 7th EAS programmed to develop their Mass Generation Force Element ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Maj. David Larson, 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilot, stands outside a C-17 Globemaster III while conducting semi-prepared runway operations training for Bamboo Eagle 25-1 at the Schoonover landing zone, California, Feb. 9, 2025. During Bamboo Eagle, the 7th EAS engaged in semi-prepared runway operations, low altitude air refueling training, integrated combat turn training, night flying operations, specialized fueling operations and other critical pre-deployment practice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Nash)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III pilot, with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepares to land the aircraft while conducting training for Bamboo Eagle 25-1 at Travis Air Force Base, California, Feb. 8, 2025. Bamboo Eagle served as the certification event for the 7th EAS ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS Pushes Tactical Boundaries in Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III pilot, with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, monitors speed and altitude while conducting training for Bamboo Eagle 25-1 near Lake Tahoe, on the border between California and Nevada, Feb. 8, 2025. Bamboo Eagle is the third of three exercises the 7th EAS programmed to develop their Mass Generation Force Element ahead of their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)
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7th EAS sharpens partnerships, interoperability during OKR

Operation KENNEY’S RETURN Team McChord Airmen and Joint force allies and partners, stand together following a briefing at Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville, Australia, Aug. 23, 2024. Team McChord Airmen joined forces to become the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron during OKR to execute operational capabilities with Joint and Coalition allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger)
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7th EAS sharpens partnerships, interoperability during OKR

U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III’s sit on the flightline while Australian Army members load onto an aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, Aug. 26, 2024. Team McChord Airmen joined forces to become the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron during Operation KENNEY’S RETURN to execute operational capabilities with Joint and Coalition allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger)
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8 AS Airman’s career is a slam ‘dunk’

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael “Dunk” Dunkelberger, 62nd Operations Group evaluator loadmaster, has served as loadmaster in the Air Force for 25 years. Dunkelberger began and is now ending his career in the 8th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field. During his time in the Air Force, he assisted in the transition of C-141 Starlifters to C-17 Globemaster III’s at McChord; helped evacuate people out of New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina; participated in Operation Enduring Freedom after 9/11; was a loadmaster evaluator for the 62nd Operations Group; and was a member of the 62nd Airlift Wing’s C-17 West Coast Demonstration Team to highlight the aircraft’s capabilities at air shows. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)
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816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

Gen. Duncan McNabb, left, U.S. Transportation Command commander, works with Capt. Andrew Oiland, a C-17 pilot deployed from the 7th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field, to prepare for their flight over Afghanistan. General McNabb has a senior staff qualification in the C-17, and flew with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron during a recent overseas trip. The 7th AS deployed in December to take over the responsibilities of the 816th EAS and will return late this spring. (Courtesy photo illustration/Maj. Trace Dotson)
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89th AW aircrew showcases mission to McChord Airmen

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Julie Horvath, 99th Airlift Squadron flight attendant from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, provides a tour of the C-37 to Team McChord Airmen as part of the 89th Airlift Wing Roadshow at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 12, 2021. The goal of the roadshow is to recruit pilots, flight engineers, communication system operators, flying crew chiefs and flight attendants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)
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89th AW aircrew showcases mission to McChord Airmen

U.S. Air Force Airmen attend the 89th Airlift Wing Roadshow at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 12, 2021. The goal of the roadshow is to recruit pilots, flight engineers, communication system operators, flying crew chiefs and flight attendants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)
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89th AW aircrew showcases mission to McChord Airmen

U.S. Air Force Maj. Aaron Payomo, 1st Airlift Squadron C-32 special air missions pilot, briefs Team McChord Airmen during the 89th Airlift Wing Roadshow at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 12, 2021. The goal of the roadshow is to recruit pilots, flight engineers, communication system operators, flying crew chiefs and flight attendants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)
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