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  • Gleaming Dedication: Team McChord recognizes its 2024 annual award winners

    The Team McChord Annual Awards Ceremony was held in hangar 3 on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, March 14, 2025.View the award photos here: Team McChord 2024 Annual Awards - FlickrThe nominations submitted highlight the outstanding quality of Team McChord’s personnel. The achievement of those selected

  • Catching jets: 627th CES completes annual BAK-12 test

    The 627th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted their annual aircraft arresting barrier system test in coordination with the 142nd Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 31, 2025. The Barrier Arresting Kit-12 system is a ground-based braking system designed to be used on a tail-hook equipped

  • Elevating resilience: Team McChord launches The Summit Room

    Team McChord Airmen and personnel with the 62d Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group launch the grand opening of The Summit Room at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 22, 2025. The Summit Room is a dedicated space for Airmen to focus on mental well-being. It is modeled after Sean’s House, a

  • Precision at its finest: PMEL experts behind the equipment

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment laboratory, calibrate and repair measurement and diagnostic equipment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 22, 2025. PMEL Airmen receive numerous pieces of equipment requiring calibration for pressure,

  • Team McChord reflects on 2024 achievements

    The 62d Airlift Wing, known as “America’s Airlift Wing”, projects global air mobility out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Throughout 2024, the 62d AW supported exercises and operations in Ukraine, the Middle East, Indo-Pacific and various other locations. Team McChord delivers on the Wing’s

  • Weather Airmen ensure safety, mission readiness

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron assemble weather equipment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. Their equipment can provide weather data such as surface pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, surface

  • Team McChord’s JA office keeps the mission on track

    The Judge Advocate office at the 62d Airlift Wing is essential to legal operations, offering services in military justice and civil law. By upholding military standards and supporting Airmen and their families, the JA office plays a vital role in ensuring mission readiness across Team McChord.The

  • Inspiring the next generation: Team McChord hosts CAP cadets

    The 62d Airlift Wing hosted a tour for Washington Civil Air Patrol cadets at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Nov. 23, 2024. CAP is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization that operates under three missions: Aerospace