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  • Team McChord Participates in Storm Flag 26-10

    Multiple 62d Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircrews with the 8th Airlift Squadron departed Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug. 24, 2026, to participate in Storm Flag 26-10.The exercise is an extensive two-week readiness simulation, which takes place across multiple U.S. locations, melding units

  • McChord C-17s first in AMC to refuel with commercial KDC-10B tanker

    In a historic first for Air Mobility Command, U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron and 8th Airlift Squadron conducted a C-17 Globemaster III training flight to execute aerial refueling with a commercial KDC-10B on April 10, 2025. The mission leveraged a Pacific Air Forces

  • 8th AS Conducts JPADS Training

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 8th Airlift Squadron and Army Soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion conducted Joint Precision Airdrop System training near Yakima, Washington, Dec. 12, 2024.During JPADS missions a self-guiding advanced cargo delivery parachute system is utilized to allow airdrop