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  • A how to on Space-A

    The Space Available Travel program has grown in popularity over the years as an affordable way for active duty and retired service members and their families to travel abroad, or across the United States at nearly no cost.However, the process is unfamiliar compared to standard travel airfare which

  • 7th AS Airman selected as AMCs nominee for National Public Service Award

    Air Mobility Command announced U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Peters, 7th Airlift Squadron and 443d Air Expeditionary Squadron first sergeant, as their nominee for the 2023 National Public Service Award, July 27, 2023.Established by the American Society for Public Administration and National

  • Who are the Phoenix-Ravens?

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – In 1997, U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command implemented the Phoenix Raven program. This program consists of teams of specially trained security forces personnel dedicated to providing force protection for Mobility Air Force aircraft transiting through austere

  • 62d AW launches into Women’s History Month with all-female flight

    The 62d Airlift Wing executed an all-female flight, including an all-female ground crew, in support of Women’s History Month at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 1, 2023. The Airmen hailed from the 62d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 4th and 7th Airlift Squadrons.

  • 62d conducts HBCU showcase

    The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Outreach Event was truly a “first of it’s kind” event! After weeks of intense planning and preparation, 62 AW Airmen departed Joint Base Lewis-McChord with the expressed purpose of interacting with as many students and future Air Force Airmen as they

  • Team McChord promotes interoperability during RF-A, Rainier War

    Members from Team McChord participated in Exercise RED FLAG, Alaska 23-1 and Exercise Rainier War 22B, October 3-21.During the nearly month-long exercises, multiple U.S. and allied aircraft and personnel practiced executing simulated combat missions in and over training areas above Alaska.RED

  • Rainier War 22B simulates contested environment

    U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Maintenance Group identify a simulated unexploded ordnance during Exercise Rainier War 22B at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. Alongside airlift operations, Team McChord also conducted cargo and personnel processing, chemical, biological,

  • 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