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62nd OSS Training

Airman 1st Class Manuel Bowden, left, and A1C Andrew Coburn look on as Tech. Sgt. Jordan Applegate stows the Baker Life Chute after completing a bi-annual familiarization training exercise Aug. 3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)

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62nd OSS Training

Airman 1st Class Ryan Johnson, an air traffic controller assigned to the 62nd Operations Support Squadron, prepares to evacuate from the McChord Field tower during an emergency training exercise here Aug. 3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)

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62nd OSS Training

Tech. Sgt. Jordan Applegate, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, enters the Baker Life Chute legs first, and arms in the air while demonstrating the safest method to avoid injury during evacuation Aug. 3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)

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62nd OSS Training

Airman 1st Class Ryan Johnson, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, emerges from the base of the chute following his first successful slide Aug. 3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)

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62nd OSS Training

Airman 1st Class Manuel Bowden, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, begins the descent from the McChord Field tower into the Baker Life Chute during training Aug. 3 designed to familiarize controllers with a secondary means of escape from the 100-foot structure in case of a fire. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Abner Guzman)

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62nd, 446th Airlift Wings support science through Operation DEEP FREEZE

The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, as seen from the summit of Observation Hill, Antarctica. The station was established in December 1955 and is the logistics hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program, with a harbor, landing strips on sea ice and shelf ice, and a helicopter pad. (Courtesy Photo)

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62nd, 446th Airlift Wings support science through Operation DEEP FREEZE

Denoted are the three U.S. year-round research stations; McMurdo Station located on Ross Island,; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, at the geographic South Pole; and Palmer Station on Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Without interruption since 1956, Americans have been studying the Antarctic and its interactions with the rest of the planet. These investigators and supporting personnel make up the U.S. Antarctic Program. (Courtesy Graphic)

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62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

Aircrews from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings transport passengers via C-17 Globemaster III to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The team recently completed a record-setting Operation Deep Freeze season which included transporting a total 5,155 passengers. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

Aircrews from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The team recently completed a record-setting Operation Deep Freeze season which consisted of 74 missions, six more than any previous season. The crews also broke the record for amount of cargo delivered by transporting 6.33 million pounds. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

As the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings conducted a record-breaking 74 missions in support of Operation Deep Freeze, six more than any previous season. The crews also broke the record for amount of cargo delivered by transporting 6.33 million pounds, 1.37 million pounds more than any previous season. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

After hours of coordination between Team McChord leadership and the National Science Foundation, the decision was made to transport ten juvenile Emperor penguins on Dec. 5, 2011, from a remote location in Antarctica to Seaworld in San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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62nd, 446th AW complete record breaking Operation Deep Freeze season

Aircrews from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings recently completed a record-setting Operation Deep Freeze season which consisted of 74 missions, six more than any previous season. The crews also broke the record for amount of cargo delivered by transporting 6.33 million pounds. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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6-ship taxi

Six C-17 Globemaster III aircraft taxi to the McChord Field runway prior to takeoff, Nov. 4, 2013 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The 6-ship formation was part of a training mission to Mountain Home, Idaho, simulating a large-scale force-entry deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jacob Jimenez)

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7 EAS transports HIMARS to Estonia

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Sullivan, loadmaster with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, and U.S. Army Sgt. Chandler Stoutenburg, high mobility artillery rocket systems chief with the 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment, load a HIMAR onto a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing, during Exercise Swift Response in Lielvarde, Latvia, May 14, 2023. Swift Response is an exercise related to DEFENDER 23. DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led exercise, supported by U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, focused on the strategic deployment of continental United States-based forces and interoperability with Allies and partners. Taking place from April 22 to June 23, DEFENDER 23 demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s ability to aggregate U.S.-based combat power quickly in Europe; increase lethality of the NATO Alliance through the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment; build unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment; and leverage host nation capabilities to increase USAFE-AFAFRICA’s operational reach. DEFENDER 23 includes more than 7,800 U.S. and 15,000 multi-national service members from various Allied and partner nations. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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7 EAS transports HIMARS to Estonia

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment prepare to load high mobility artillery rocket systems onto a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing, during Exercise Swift Response in Lielvarde, Latvia, May 14, 2023. Swift Response is an exercise related to DEFENDER 23. DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led exercise, supported by U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, focused on the strategic deployment of continental United States-based forces and interoperability with Allies and partners. Taking place from April 22 to June 23, DEFENDER 23 demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s ability to aggregate U.S.-based combat power quickly in Europe; increase lethality of the NATO Alliance through the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment; build unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment; and leverage host nation capabilities to increase USAFE-AFAFRICA’s operational reach. DEFENDER 23 includes more than 7,800 U.S. and 15,000 multi-national service members from various Allied and partner nations. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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7 EAS transports HIMARS to Estonia [Image 7 of 13]

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Brown, communication/navigation journeyman with the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and an Estonian Division Artillery Battalion safety officer secure a high mobility artillery rocket system to a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 62d Airlift Wing, during Exercise Swift Response in Lielvarde, Latvia, May 14, 2023. Swift Response is an exercise related to DEFENDER 23. DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led exercise, supported by U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, focused on the strategic deployment of continental United States-based forces and interoperability with Allies and partners. Taking place from April 22 to June 23, DEFENDER 23 demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s ability to aggregate U.S.-based combat power quickly in Europe; increase lethality of the NATO Alliance through the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment; build unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment; and leverage host nation capabilities to increase USAFE-AFAFRICA’s operational reach. DEFENDER 23 includes more than 7,800 U.S. and 15,000 multi-national service members from various Allied and partner nations. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Callie Norton)

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77 Years of Courage

On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distance of the Japanese Islands. Here, a pair of alert escorts follow the USS Hornet to protect her lethal cargo of B-25 bombers. The aircraft carrier Hornet had 16 AAF B-25s on deck, ready for the Tokyo Raid. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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77 Years of Courage

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77 Years of Courage

The USS Hornet, a U.S. Navy vessel, launches Doolittle's force at the start of the first U.S. air raid on the Japenese home lands. On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distance of the Japanese Islands. Here, a pair of alert escorts follow the USS Hornet to protect her lethal cargo of B-25 bombers. (Courtesy Photo)

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77 Years of Courage

Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot to Jimmy Doolittle during the Doolittle Raid, smiles as he honors the U.S. flag during the singing of the National Anthem at an airshow in Burnet, Texas. Cole passed away April 8, 2019, and will be honored during a memorial service at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on the 77th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, April 18, 2019. For more information, see the bottom of the article “77 Years of Courage”. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)

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