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  • 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

  • 62d AW hosts Olympia High School students on installation tour

    The 62d Airlift Wing hosted Olympia High School students and staff during a base tour at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 21, 2023. Students were able to visit the Heritage Hill airpark, see a C-17 Globemaster III simulator, receive a mission briefing from Wing leadership and participate

  • 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

  • Operation HOMECOMING: Fifty Years Later

    Fifty years ago, the United States signed the Paris Peace Accords effectively ending the U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. The country breathed a sigh of relief and eagerly awaited the return of their men and women in uniform.Throughout 1973, the 62d Military Airlift Wing, alongside other wings

  • 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