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  • Third Generation Pilot- A Legacy of Tradition and Family

    Capt. Cassidy Pickrell stood in front of her father with her flight wings in her hand, ready to carry on a legacy three generations strong. She carefully broke the shiny new set of Air Force pilot wings in two and handed the other half to her father, retired Capt. Robert Pickrell, Jr. This gesture

  • Team McChord Airmen honor WWII veterans

    More than 60 service members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and the local area honored veterans participating in the Puget Sound Honor Flight, April 24 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The veterans were welcomed home after returning from their trip to Washington, District of

  • 'Tacoma Starlifter' historic POW service remembered

    Nearly 50 years to the day, members of the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings celebrated the anniversary of the arrival of the first C-141 Starlifter, August 6 at McChord Field, Wash.The McChord Starlifter 50 event featured the rechristening of McChord’s first C-141 Starlifter, Tacoma Starlifter, by