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  • Joint Base Lewis McChord's 62nd Medical Squadron earns excellent HSI rating

    The 62nd Medical Squadron and the McChord Clinic at McChord Field can say with pride that their duty performance is "excellent" -- they have the inspection paperwork to prove it.A team from the Air Force Inspection Agency's Medical Operations Directorate visited the 62nd MDS late January to assess

  • McConnell's 22nd MDG earns seven Air Force-level awards

    After recently winning 21 Air Mobility Command Medical Excellence Awards, the 22nd Medical Group was honored again as they brought home seven Air Force-level awards.The seven awards recognize the "best of the best" Airmen and teams in the medical world, facts show. The awards are given annually to

  • Scott Airmen promote 'resiliency' during Wingman Day efforts

    The 375th Air Mobility Wing conducted a full day of events Feb. 18 designed to reinforce the Wingman concept, build resilient Airmen and focus on unit health. For Airman 1st Class Casey Sattler, 375th Comptroller Squadron, this was his first Wingman Day. "I've been at Scott for only two months, and

  • Fairchild Airmen climb ice-covered tower to retain communications

    Fairchild transmission systems radio Airmen with the 92nd Communications Squadron work in their heated offices at their desks; however, they have another less comfortable workspace. This space is on top of a snow-covered mountain where the average temperature is nothing like their offices as it

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord NCO helps Air Force bowling team take top honors

    Staff Sgt. Natasha Sanchez still remembers the day quite clearly.She was 19 years old and her brother was 15. Both were bowling in a tournament in their home state of Tennessee. Suddenly, two lanes down from Sanchez, loud cheering broke out around her brother's lane. He'd bowled a 300 -- a perfect

  • Exercise preps Travis 615th CRW for inspection, real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately 10 miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 9 through16. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response

  • Fairchild maintainers accomplish mission from three locations

    While Fairchild's runway is closed and being reconstructed, the 92nd Maintenance Squadron and 141st Maintenance Squadron are repairing KC-135 Stratotanker parts at Fairchild without the aircraft there.Aircraft are being flown out of Grant County International Airport and Spokane International

  • Space-A travel: Did you know?

    Every day, around the world, hundreds of military and military-contracted commercial aircraft travel the world delivering troops and cargo. These missions allow hundreds of thousands of military personnel, retirees, family members, and other Department of Defense-eligible travelers to fly at almost