Airmen from the 15th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron are welcomed home by family and friends on the flight line at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 3, 2023. The 15th EAS deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as one of the first mission generation force elements under a new deployment model known as Air Force Force Generation, or AFFORGEN. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Ashley N. Mikaio)
More than 18,000 flights happen here at McChord Field every year. Fog, snow, rain or shine, C-17 Globemaster IIIs are taking to the skies to fulfill the rapid global mobility mission set that America’s Airlift Wing upholds. A huge part of this is thanks to the 62d Operation Support Squadron’s air traffic control Airmen.