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  • 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 Hosts Sandia Weapon Intern Program

    The 62d Airlift Wing hosted participants of this year’s Sandia National Laboratories Weapon Intern Program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 6, 2026. The group toured a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, the air traffic control tower and JBLM fire station 105 to learn about Team McChord

  • 62d Airlift Wing Airmen set the stage for training flight

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Airlift Wing prepare for a training sortie at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Nov. 26. 2024. This training sortie included low-level flying and combat maneuvering for pilot requalification and combat offload practice for the loadmaster onboard. Training

  • 62d MXG Airmen replace C-17 main landing gear axle

    Airmen from the 62d Maintenance Squadron and the 62d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron worked together to remove and replace a main landing gear axle on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Nov. 13, 2024.Reclamation and Repair specialists, electrical and environmental technicians, and

  • Swift Response 24

    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade participate in exercise Swift Response 24.

  • Exercise Rainier War demonstrates McChord's AFFORGEN capabilities

    Team McChord successfully completed Exercise Rainier War 22B from Oct. 6-21.Rainier War is a semi-annual exercise designed to demonstrate the 62d Airlift Wing, 627th Air Base Group and 446th Airlift Wing’s ability to generate, employ and sustain operations.“Exercise Rainier War’s goal is to exercise

  • Rainier War takes McChord to New Heights

    Rainier War is a full-scale readiness exercise with an Air Force Force Generation prioritization; demonstrating the ability to generate, employ and sustain a combat force during a rigorous wartime scenario.

  • Up Before Dawn

    A C-17 Globemaster III from the 62d Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, prepares for take off in the early morning hours during Rainier War 22B at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022. Exercise Rainier War is the 62d Airlift Wing’s most expansive exercise, where they

  • Maintaining Excellence

    Team McChord Airmen prepare to refuel a C-17 Globemaster III from the 62d Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, during Rainier War 22B at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 17, 2022. Rainier War is a semi-annual exercise designed to demonstrate the 62d Airlift Wing, 627th Air