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  • 7th EAS sharpens partnerships, interoperability during OKR

    Personnel from across Team McChord and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, recently executed Operation KENNEY’S RETURN, a Combined and Joint exercise throughout the Indo-Pacific. The exercise involved Joint and Coalition maneuver with representatives from the U.S. Army’s I Corps, Pacific Air

  • AMC leadership sees firsthand America’s Airlift Wing capes

    The Air Mobility Command leadership team visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 6-8, 2022, to be immersed in America’s Airlift Wing’s mission of executing global airlift.U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, AMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, engaged

  • 8th Airlift Squadron welcomes new commander

    Friends, family and Team McChord Airmen gather for the 8th Airlift Squadron change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, June 3, 2022. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kyle Stewart, outgoing commander of the 8th AS, relinquished command to Lt. Col. Nicholas Disney. Aircrews of the 8th

  • Team McChord hosts Black History Month Amazing Race

    U.S. Air Force Airmen run during the Black History Month Amazing Race at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Feb. 23, 2022. The Amazing Race is one of Team McChord’s Black History Month timed events, where teams must answer historic questions correctly before they receive the clue to their next

  • America’s Airlift Wing wins AMC 2022 Verne Orr Award

    The 62nd Airlift Wing was recently selected as Air Mobility Command’s nomination for the 2022 Air Force Association Verne Orr Award.The AFA established this award in honor of former Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr to recognize mission-oriented accomplishments and achievements by units that made

  • 62nd AW supports BMTW

    U.S. Air Force loadmasters from the 8th Airlift Squadron guide a cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 30, 2022, in support of Battalion Mass Tactical Week. During mass-tactical week, Army and Air Force units work together to improve interoperability for

  • Swap in, swap out – McChord Airmen deploy to Al Udeid

    Every Airman has their own story about deploying, whether they’re about to retire and haven’t deployed once or a junior Airman deploying for the third time in three years.At McChord Field, Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing, along with other C-17 Globemaster III bases within Air Mobility Command, are