Story by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 05.31.2024
Team McChord’s 7th Airlift Squadron has been awarded multiple prestigious awards by Air Mobility Command including the General James H. Doolittle "Aircrew of the Year" Award and the General Joseph Smith “Airlift Squadron of the Year” Trophy....
Story by Senior Airman Trenton Jancze | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 02.26.2024
Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron, 8th AS, and 7th AS participated in a large formation exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, involving seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs, Feb. 21-23, 2024....
Story by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh | 62nd Airlift Wing | 07.27.2020
The 62nd Airlift Wing is conducting a trial run for a new way to train C-17 Globemaster III aircrews and keep them up to date on qualifications from July 1 to Dec. 31, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Maj. Nick Burke, 62nd Operations Support Squadron director of wing training, partnered with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to design a new training plan and is executing a......
Story by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck | 62nd Airlift Wing | 04.10.2020
Airmen from the 7th and 8th Airlift Squadrons on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., left for an aeromedical evacuation staging mission to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 30. In support of the COVID-19 pandemic, a McChord aircrew flew to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to pick up two transport isolation systems and 45 aeromedical evacuation Airmen from various units then continued......
Story by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh | 62nd Airlift Wing | 12.07.2018
Leaving for or returning from a deployment can challenge the resiliency of 62nd Airlift Wing Airmen. They have to say goodbye to their families and friends and be a part from them for a considerable amount time. Then, when they return, they could have undergone times of great stress during their deployment. In order to offer spiritual help to these Airmen, the 62nd AW Chaplain and 62nd......
