62nd Airlift Wing

62nd Airlift Wing
62nd Airlift Wing C-17A Globemaster III
Active1947–1950; 1951–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeAirlift
Size~2300 Airmen
Part of Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQMcChord Air Force Base, Washington
Motto(s)Combat Airlift
Engagements
Armed Forces Expeditionary
  • Grenada, 1983
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (12x)
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Sergio E. Anaya[1]
Notable
commanders
Duncan McNabb
George Scratchley Brown
Insignia
62nd Airlift Wing Emblem

The 62nd Airlift Wing, sometimes written as 62d Airlift Wing, (62 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at McChord AFB, Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington. It is assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of Air Mobility Command and is active duty host wing on McChord. The wing is composed of more than 2,200 active duty military and civilian personnel. It is tasked with supporting worldwide combat and humanitarian airlift contingencies. Aircraft of the 62nd fly worldwide, conducting airdrop training; it also carries out the Antarctic resupply missions.

  1. ^ "Team McChord Biographies". Retrieved 23 October 2023.