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CSAF visits Team McChord for COVID-19 update

Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff of the Air Force, right, and Senior Master Sgt. Jonathan Reece, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, left, discuss how the wing has continued aircraft maintenance while taking steps to prevent COVID-19 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 18, 2020. Goldfein visited JBLM to see firsthand how operations within Team McChord have been continuing to provide airlift support during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Hoerichs)

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446th ASTS return from COVID-19 relief efforts in NYC

Air Force Reservists First Lt. Melissa Boos, a nurse assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, and Lt. Col. (Dr.) Pen Hou, a family medicine doctor assigned to the same squadron, supported COVID-19 relief efforts for two months. The four-member Reservist medical team, to include a doctor, two nurses and a respiratory technician, worked in NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi between April and May. According to 446 ASTS, the Reserve personnel were placed in 12 New York City hospitals that covered over 6,000 beds with a daily peak of 2,300 daily confirmed cases. (Courtesy photo)

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Joint Forcible Entry exercise

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster prepares a C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, for flight during a Joint Forcible Entry exercise near Las Vegas, June 6, 2020. More than 20 C-130Js and C-17 Globemaster IIIs flew in formation during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s Joint Forcible Entry exercise with numerous other aircraft from across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristine M. Gruwell)

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Aim High: Air Force Recruiting creates Aim High mobile application as Total Force one-stop Air Force shop

Tech. Sgt. Dave Valencia, of Air Force Recruiting Service Innovation and Chief Master Sgt. Jason O'Donley, Superintendent of AFRS Innovation, prepare for a briefing on the Aim High mobile application earlier this year at Headquarters AFRS, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The Aim High app is a comprehensive, intuitive recruiting tool that serves as a one-stop shop for all things Air Force. (Air Force photo/Chrissy Cuttita)

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Col Charles Metzgar

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X-15 jet powered experimental aircraft

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62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

Master Sgt. Anthony Leonard and Staff Sgt. Jason Conner, 7th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, sit on the end of an open cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., June 6, 2020. As part of a joint force exercise designed to improve readiness, ten C-17s conducted a simulated air drop mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

A formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 62nd Airlift Wing, 446th Airlift Wing, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, prepare to take off from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 6, 2020. These aircraft made up a small portion of the 87 total that participated in a weapons instructor course joint force training exercise over the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

U.S. Air Force Maj. James Hall, 62nd Operations Support Squadron operations officer and pilot, flies a C-17 Globemaster III during a joint force exercise over the Nevada test and training range, June 6, 2020. During this flight Hall tested an updated dynamic re-tasking capability (DRC) system that enabled increased situational awareness of the simulated battle space during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

A formation of C-17 Globemaster III aircrafts from the 62nd Airlift Wing, 446th Airlift Wing, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, fly in a joint force exercise over the Nevada test and training range, June 6, 2020. The C-17’s made up a section of the 87 total aircraft that participated in this exercise which was the capstone event for a weapons instructor course class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

From left to right, Joseph Labosa, Department of Defense contractor, Staff Sgt. Mehmet Yasdiman, 1st Airlift Squadron communications systems operator, and Staff Sgt. Richie Sounantha, Air Mobility Command cyber transport systems technician, test a fixed installation satellite antenna (FISA) connection onboard a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 5, 2020. The FISA was set up to work with a dynamic re-tasking capability (DRC) system, enabling higher connection speeds and more efficient communication between the aircraft and the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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Maj. Tamika Linen, a nurse assigned to the 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, hugs her two-year-old son after returning home from serving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City May 28, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bobby Pilch)

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OCP Uniform Changes

The mandatory wear-date for certain OCP and 2PFDU items was pushed to Sept. 1st, 2020.

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446th Reserve Citizen Airman, husband make house calls to flatten the curve

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Air Force Reservist Staff Sgt. Geri Poston, a 446th Force Support Squadron services sustainment technician, fights COVID-19 with house calls to flatten the curve with her husband, Joseph, April 27 in the Tri-Cities in Washington. Founded in September 2018, Poston and her Army medic-trained husband formed their company, Remedy Urgent Mobile Medicine. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Reserve Citizen Airman, husband make house calls to flatten the curve

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Air Force Reservist Staff Sgt. Geri Poston, a 446th Force Support Squadron services sustainment technician, fights COVID-19 with house calls to flatten the curve with her husband, Joseph, April 27 in the Tri-Cities in Washington. Founded in September 2018, Poston and her Army medic-trained husband formed their company, Remedy Urgent Mobile Medicine. (Courtesy photo)

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Yang wins Air Force Reserve JAG of the Year

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Lt. Col. Hanna Yang, 446th Airlift Wing Staff Judge Advocate, was recently named the 2019 Reginald C. Harmon Award winner. In her civilian capacity, she is a judge pro tempore for Edmonds Municipal Court in Washington. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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446th loadmaster taps into military training to fight COVID-19

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Master Sgt. Lance Nelson, an Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 728th Airlift Squadron, fights COVID-19 as a civilian firefighter with West Pierce Fire & Rescue in Tacoma, Washington. Nelson, a 14-year firefighter, responds to calls and transports COVID-19 patients. Keeping a cool head is something Nelson practiced as a loadmaster and implemented as a firefighter. (Courtesy photo)

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62 AW salutes COVID-19 heroes with morale flyover

A two-ship C-17 Globemaster III formation flies over Providence Regional Medical Center May 8, 2020 in Everett, Wash. The 62nd Airlift Wing, based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., saluted American heroes who are on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 with a morale flyover in the state’s Puget Sound region. Providence was the first U.S. hospital to report a COVID-19 case. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Candice Allen)

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62 AW salutes COVID-19 heroes with morale flyover

Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing conduct an Air Force Salutes morale flyover above the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., May 8, 2020. The flyover honored the American heroes at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Smoot)

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62 AW salutes COVID-19 heroes with morale flyover

A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., flies over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., May 8, 2020. The 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Demonstartion Team, made up of pilots and loadmasters from the 4th, 7th, and 8th Airlift Squadrons, conducted a flyover of nearly 45 hospitals, healthcare organizations and landmarks up and down the Puget Sound, in appreciation of those working during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck)

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