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  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 62nd OSS keeps McChord in flight

    The broad term "operation support" is thrown around and often spoken of at the 62nd Airlift Wing. But what exactly does that term entail?The 62nd Operations Support Squadron, foundation of the 62nd Operations Group, provides direct support to each and every flying mission at McChord Field. "The 62nd

  • Airlift unit returns to Joint Base Lewis-McChord after 120-day deployment

    More than 120 Airmen from the 4th Airlift Squadron returned Jan. 6 after a 120-day deployment in support of operations Enduring Freedom, New Dawn and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.The 4th AS Airmen were deployed as the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to an overseas contingency

  • C-17 marks 2 millionth flight hour during airdrop

    This month, the C-17 Globemaster III celebrated its two millionth flight hour.  As a testament to the C-17 mission tempo, the aircraft passed its two millionth flight hour just four years after passing its the first million hour mark -- and the first million hours took 16 years to reach.

  • Joint Base MDL senior NCO supports EOD training event in Kyrgystan

    For the fifth time since July 2009, explosive ordnance disposal Airmen with the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, held an information exchange with their EOD counterparts in the Kyrgz military Dec. 16.Among those Airmen supporting the

  • 9-year-old joins 4th Airlift Squadron at McChord

    After bouncing around from foster home to foster home, Mark Moore Jr. is relieved to be with a loving family during the holiday season. The 9-year-old Tacoma, Wash., native was selected by members of the 4th Airlift Squadron to participate in their "Pilot for a Day" program Dec. 17.Pilot for a Day

  • 618th AOC member named Outstanding Individual Reservist of the Year

    Senior Master Sgt. Donna Crone, the 618th Air and Space Operations Center's Director of Operations superintendent, was named Air Force Reserve Command's 2010 Outstanding Individual Reservist of the Year for the senior non-commissioned officer category in an announcement Nov. 17.The award, part of

  • Scott AFB organizations turn ASF into 'home-like atmosphere'

    Your plane lands after multiple flights and long hours. The door of the C-17 Globemaster opens and the cold air hits your face. It's the middle of winter in Southern Illinois and several men and women in uniforms escort you to a bus that will take you to your room. When the bus comes to a stop you

  • Athlete from Scott join other servicemembers to win in Europe

    Many people have heard the term "military brat" to describe someone whose parent or parents served in the military. By that definition, a 375th Contracting Squadron officer could be considered a basketball brat because both of his parents play basketball. Second Lt. Andrew Henke, 375th CONS

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Social wellness key to overall health

    The holidays are a time to be with family. Whether that includes your relatives, friends or coworkers, it's a time when people share gifts, food and a sense of community. Socializing can be the best part of the holidays and social fitness is one of the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness.

  • Joint Base Charleston: Iron sharpens iron

    Five Army cadets wait in a stuffy briefing room, outnumbered by Air Force pilots three-to-one. It's Charleston, S.C., but no one's on vacation.Converged in the ill-ventilated hotbox an information download, the Air Force pilots listen as a squawking speaker relays cryptic messages from briefing