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  • Maintaining Airlift Effectiveness: 62d AMXS stands up Phoenix AMU

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord provides 40 C-17 Globemaster III’s to the Joint Force, executing nearly 34% of Air Mobility Command’s airlift operations. With that level of support, it’s vital that each C-17 remains fit to fly. That’s where the 62d Airlift Wing’s Aircraft Maintenance Units come into

  • 62d MXS AGE tests maintenance optimization project

    From June 2-3, 2026, team members from Redshred and Air Mobility Command’s Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Directorate visited the 62d Maintenance Squadron to test a new task optimization program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.The Cognitive Observant Assistant for Coaching and

  • Come Fly with Me: The May 2026 Civic Leader Flight

    On Tuesday May 19th, the 62d Airlift Wing and several Team McChord units came together to showcase their vital mission sets to influential civic and business leaders from around the Puget Sound. In addition to these briefings, the leaders were given a peak into the life of 62d AW aircrews via a

  • Team McChord SAPR Hosts 5K Glow Run

    The butterfly effect suggests that small, initial actions within a system can create vast, unpredictable results. During the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month Glow Run 5K, runners’ glow necklaces and apparel embodied this very idea. Though the participants’ physical glow was dimmed by

  • The 7th EAS Returns Home

    The 7th Airlift Squadron, as part of the 7th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, returned from a five-month overseas deployment to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. During the redeployment, spouses, family members, other Airmen, friends and the Tacoma Scots Pipe Band, who

  • The C-17 WCDT Performs at the 2025 Moses Lake Airshow

    The C-17 West Coast Demonstration Team and the U.S. Air Force Academy parachute team, Wings of Blue, performed in the 2025 Moses Lake Airshow at Grant County International Airport, Washington, June 18-21, 2025. The C17WCDT, based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, highlighted the abilities of the C-17

  • DOCA Members Visit Team McChord

    Members of the Defense Orientation Conference Association visited with Team McChord leadership and visited several key locations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, June 11, 2025. The members of the non-profit advocacy organization were able to explore a C-17 Globemaster III, meet with a group