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The facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer ...
The McChord AFB facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. [2] This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while ...
Location Nickname Aircraft Flown Note 1st Airlift Squadron: Andrews AFB: C-32, C-40: Active 2nd Airlift Squadron: Pope Field: Lancers: C-130 Hercules: Inactive 3rd Airlift Squadron: Dover AFB: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 4th Airlift Squadron: McChord AFB: Fighting Fourth: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 6th Airlift Squadron: Joint Base McGuire ...
This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of an aircraft control and warning squadron is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, and vehicles before they enter an area of operations, as well as providing command and control in an engagement by directing aircraft strikes.
Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , was one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the United States, consisting of 87,000 acres (136 sq mi; 350 km 2 ) of prairie land cut from the ...
The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington.. As a state militia unit, the Western Air Defense Sector is not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord has shut down all of its beaches for a safety review following the drowning Monday of a service member. “We just want to make sure that we’re doing things by the ...
Joint Base Lewis–McChord [22] 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 92nd Maintenance Group, 92nd Air Refueling Wing: Fairchild Air Force Base [23] 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 96th Maintenance Group, 96th Test Wing: Eglin Air Force Base [24] 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 97th Maintenance Group, 97th Air Mobility Wing: Altus Air ...