Story by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh | 62nd Airlift Wing | 08.07.2020
The 62nd Maintenance Group (MXG) participated in Team McChord’s Exercise Long Hammer/Rainier War here, Aug. 3-7. The exercise tested Team McChord’s ability to rapidly deploy and conduct airlift operations while complying with real-world COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures. For the 62nd MXG, they had five learning objectives to seek out during the exercise: sortie generation, cargo......
Story by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh | 62nd Airlift Wing | 06.12.2018
Like its namesake, Exercise Rainier War was a mountainous undertaking executed by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and Australian air force to train for potential future conflicts June 6 at McChord Field. “One of the biggest challenges was we planned this for 20 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and that’s a lot of moving parts,” said Capt. Joseph Fry, Rainier War lead and 4th Airlift Squadron (AS)......