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U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62nd Airlift Wing and 627th Logistics Readiness Squadron perform a wet-wing defuel procedure on a C-17 Globemaster III as part of Exercise Rainier War at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 27, 2021. Rainier War tests the 62nd Airlift Wing's capability to plan, generate and execute a deployment tasking, sustain contingency operations, demonstrate full spectrum readiness while executing agile combat employment in a contested, degraded and operationally limited environment. (photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, July 2021- SupportOurTroops.Org was privileged to provide at no cost, including  delivery,  $336,183.12 of PPE protection to the servicemembers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.    61,152  8 oz. plastic bottles of gel hand sanitizer were delivered by the SOT Team to the base for active duty military servicemembers and families.  

A full tractor-trailer load.   All thanks to the American People.   What a great country.  The 62nd Airlift Wing's mission is to execute global airlift, prepare for Joint and Coalition Multi-Domain Operations in near-peer contested environments, and continually ensure Force Development. 

 

Its priorities are: Provide prime nuclear airlift forces, Execute today's global airlift mission, Develop readiness to win any fight, any time, Invest in Airmen and families.  McChord Field is home to a wide variety of units and missions. The 62nd Airlift Wing is the active-duty wing on McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The 62nd AW is joined by its Reserve partner, the 446th Airlift Wing. Together, they fly 40 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to provide combat airlift for America.

Additionally, JBLM also hosts the Western Air Defense Sector, an Air National Guard unit; the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron; the 361st Recruiting Squadron and a number of other units across the installation.

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