Video by Tech. Sgt. Blake Gonzales | 62nd Airlift Wing | 11.19.2025
Video story on Team McChord's participation in Gunfighter Flag 25-02, an exercise hosted by the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and also held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, November 13-21, 2025. Gunfighter Flag 25-02 was part of a larger wing exercise where Team McChord generated forces rapidly within 24 hours, simulated a deployment to a forward operating......
Video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 01.15.2025
The 62d Airlift Wing, known as “America’s Airlift Wing”, projects global air mobility out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Throughout 2024, the 62d AW supported exercises and operations in Ukraine, the Middle East, Indo-Pacific and various other locations. Team McChord delivers on the Wing’s priorities in providing prime nuclear airlift forces, preparing the Wing to win, developing......
Video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 11.15.2024
U.S. Air Force aircrew flight equipment Airmen with the 62d Operational Support Squadron conduct aircrew Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Nov. 15, 2024. The training teaches aircrew how to don the equipment, operate within a CBRN threat environment and process through an aircrew contamination control area line. This......
Video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 10.04.2024
Families and friends greet Airmen returning from deployment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Oct. 4, 2024. Over 150 Airmen with the 62d Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group were deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait for six months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger)...
Video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 07.09.2024
Team McChord Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron conduct a water survival training course at American Lake, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 9, 2024. The course is part of survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) training and must be completed by aircrew every three years. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger)...
Video by Airman 1st Class Megan Geiger | 62nd Airlift Wing | 06.24.2024
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Wilgeroth, a 62d Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation craftsman, describes his experience in the maintenance career field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, June 24, 2024. Wilgeroth explained the importance of their daily tasks keeping the aircraft maintained and ready to execute today’s global airlift mission. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st......
Video by Airman 1st Class Kylee Tyus | 62nd Airlift Wing | 05.22.2024
U.S. Air Force cable and antenna technicians, known as "Cable Dawgs," perform routine maintenance on communication lines at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 22, 2024. The technician's daily responsibilities include, maintaining, and repairing communication cables and antenna systems, ensuring vital connectivity for military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airmen 1st Class Kylee Tyus)...
Video by Airman 1st Class Kylee Tyus | 62nd Airlift Wing | 05.10.2024
U.S. Air Force ROTC and Junior ROTC cadets with the Central Washington University, Detachment 895; Oregon State University, Detachment 685, and Washington High School toured a C-17 Globemaster III and various locations around Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 10, 2024. The cadets met 62d Airlift Wing Airmen and were introduced to various aviation career fields to experience the rapid......
