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Newly selected 97th Airlift Squadron commander shares vision

  For most of his career, Garin Tentschert has both led and learned by example. After hearing he'll be taking the reins as 97th Airlift Squadron commander at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the lieutenant colonel plans on continuing that approach to take charge of the overall manning, health, morale and

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Altitude chamber training deprives Team McChord aircrew members of oxygen

MCCHORD FIELD, Wash. -- Aircrew members from McChord Field prepared themselves for a light-headed day as they strolled through the entrance of the Navy's Aviation Survival Training Center at Whidbey Island, Wash., on a recent November morning.   The crew, consisting of active-duty pilots and a Reserve flight nurse, walked into the break room,

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McChord Reserve flying squadron commander takes on unique mission in Turkey

The mission of the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, is to provide global strategic airlift, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation and humanitarian relief, to create an air bridge for personnel, equipment and supplies throughout U.S. Central Command. One might imagine the many leadership and organizational

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