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  • Aerospace Career Education Academy students tour McChord Field

    Students with the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Aerospace Career Education Academy program experienced various 62d Airlift Wing mission sets during the group’s annual tour of various organizations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 23, 2024. OBAP’s ACE Academy provides

  • Team McChord hosts Women in Aviation Panel

    Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Peggy Phillips, Retired Lt. Col. Kimberly Ford, Ms. Laina Reeves and Maj. Courtney Vidt, sit on a Women in Aviation Panel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 28, 2022. The panel shared their personal experiences as women in a male-dominated career field in

  • McChord crew chiefs - More than turning wrenches

    C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on McChord Field cannot takeoff without the help of the 62nd Maintenance Group crew chiefs. A jack of all trades and a generalist in aircraft maintenance, crew chiefs are responsible for maintaining all of the 48 C-17s assigned to McChord.“We are the first line of