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  • Look at all those C-17s!

    The 62nd Airlift Wing is the active duty wing on McChord Field. The 62nd Airlift Wing is joined by its Reserve partner the 446th Airlift Wing. Together, the two wings fly 40 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to provide combat airlift for America. Joint Base Lewis-McChord also hosts the Western Air Defense

  • CATM Instructors keep Team McChord Airmen mission ready

    Team McChord Airmen prepare to fire weapons during weapons qualifications training at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, May 10, 2023. Weapons qualifications are held to ensure service members are deployment ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kylee Tyus)

  • 62d AW hosts Civil Air Patrol Chaplains Group

    During the tour, CAP chaplains and volunteers visited the 62d Airlift Wing to learn more about various career fields, mission and tour a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. CAP chaplains oversee the morale and spiritual welfare of CAP members and guide them in living out CAP’s core values. (U.S. Air

  • 4th AS reignites Pilot For A Day program

    The goal of the Pilot for a Day program is to provide children and their families in the local community who have catastrophic illnesses a once in a lifetime opportunity; the child is issued a flight suit and visits different mission sets around base such as the Security Forces Squadron Working Dog

  • 62d OG hosts airport managers and engineers’ tour

    The 62d Operations Group hosted their honorary commander as well as local airport managers and engineers and posed for a photo April 28, 2023, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The guests toured the airfield and a C-17 Globemaster III static display, the control tower, and airfield management

  • Team McChord’s 627th CES receives Major General Clifton D. Wright Award

    The 627th Civil Engineer Squadron mission is to enable joint warfighters through building combat ready engineers and strengthening the joint base. Their continued dedication to the mission, along with the 627th vision to train ready, reliable, and integrated Airmen has led them to receive the 2022

  • 5 ASOS conducts small arms safety and proficiency training

    U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron and Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron fire M4 weapon systems at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 19, 2023. Multiple times a year, the 5th ASOS holds a basic

  • 62d AW returns from AFFORGEN deployment

    U.S. Airmen with the 62d Airlift Wing return from a deployment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 4, 2023. This deployment was the 62d Airlift Wing’s first under the new Air Force Force Generation Model in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command