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  • Support agreements: Keeping the wing mission-ready

    DoD and AF policies direct that support agreements be developed between affected Suppliers and Receivers to document recurring support in order to provide the unit commander with the capability to ensure resources are expended wisely and to help eliminate unnecessary resource duplication.If that

  • Team McChord hosts virtual senior leader CPI course

    The 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings hosted its first virtual Air Force Continuous Process Improvement course for senior leaders here Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.Thirty-two senior leaders from the airlift wings and various Air Force bases received virtual classroom instruction on process improvement concepts

  • Operation Deep Freeze kicks off 2020-2021 main season

    The U.S. military kicked off the 2020-2021 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE (ODF), when a U.S. Air Force Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., completed three winter fly-in, or WinFly missions, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, a key research and operations facility for the

  • Fly, Fight, Win: Becoming an American Airman

    December 27, 2019 is a day Senior Airman Huy X. Nguyen will never forget. This is the day he became an American citizen. Nguyen, a career development advisor assigned to the 446th Force Support Squadron, had donned his fatigues to take his oath of enlistment months prior. This time, driving more

  • 446th MXG welcomes back Norton

    U.S. Air Force Col. John D. Norton, right, assumes command of the 446th Maintenance Group from Air Force Col. Paul Skipworth, left, 446th Airlift Wing commander, as Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Morris stands by to assist in the ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. 13, 2020. Norton has

  • 86th APS retires five Reserve Citizen Airmen

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 86th Aerial Port Squadron participate in a group retirement ceremony, Sept. 12, 2020, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The five, who served a combined 136 years with the 86 APS, were honored in a ceremony in the presence of family, friends, and colleagues,

  • Reserve recruiters enhance social media knowledge to reach more recruits

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, recruiters have turned more to technology – including social media – to reach potential recruits. A group of 15 Total Force recruiters from the 351st Recruiting Squadron recently sharpened their social media skills by

  • 446th CES completes heavy equipment training, maintains readiness

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 627th Civil Engineer Squadron complete heavy equipment operator training on Sept. 11, 2020 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The Reserve Citizen Airmen and their active-duty counterparts train together to maintain

  • Fourth Air Force commander tours the 446th AW

    Brig. Gen. Jeffrey T. Pennington, the commander of Fourth Air Force, toured the 446th Airlift Wing here to share his goals and priorities with Reserve Citizen Airmen, Sept. 9.

  • AMC leadership visits Team McChord on listening tour

    Air Mobility Command (AMC) leadership visited Team McChord as part of a listening tour of AMC bases, Sept. 2-3.Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, met with Team McChord Airmen and learned about their unique mission.“I'm so humbled to