McChord Field/McChord AFB Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC) |
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McChord AFB – 20 June 2002
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Airport type | Military: Air Force Base | ||||||||||||||
Owner | U.S. Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Location | Pierce County, Washington (near Lakewood, WA) | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
In use | 1940–present | ||||||||||||||
Occupants |
62nd Airlift Wing 446th Airlift Wing |
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Elevation AMSL | 322 ft / 98 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°08′16″N 122°28′35″W / 47.13778°N 122.47639°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.62aw.af.mil | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
† Landing Zone (LZ) is for C-130's only: LZ South (16) / LZ North (34) |
McChord Field (IATA: TCM, ICAO: KTCM, FAA LID: TCM) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.
The McChord 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 dollars.
The 62d Airlift Wing (62 AW) is the host unit at McChord Field. It is assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force and is composed of more than 7,200 active duty military and civilian personnel. It is tasked with supporting worldwide combat and humanitarian airlift contingencies. Aircraft of the 62d fly around the globe, conducting airdrop training; it also carries out the Antarctic resupply missions.
The 62d Operations Group flies the C-17 Globemaster III transport from McChord Field. It consists of three airlift squadrons and an Operations Support Squadron.
Other wing components are the 62d Maintenance Group, 62d Operations Group and 62d Medical Squadron.