KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan Joint coalition team peers into a dark, moonless sky in preparation for a night time helicopter slingload mission, planned by a Joint Base Lewis-McChord officer. All of their other senses are heightened to compensate for the reduced visibility as a UH-60 Black Hawk approaches the site.
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With the birth of grunge in Seattle from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, the Pacific Northwest has turned out several influential musical acts such as Soundgarden, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. More recently, alternative band Death Cab For Cutie and the artist Macklemore have traced their roots to the Puget Sound area.
Weekend PassPublished: 12:26PM May 23rd, 2013
Joint Base Lewis-McChord offers a variety of opportunities for weekend camping escapes. With the cost of gas rising again at the start of the summer travel season, places to stay-cation are in high demand.
When the summer seasons first shipment of Copper River salmon arrived from Alaska May 17 to the delight of seafood lovers throughout the Pacific Northwest, an Air Force Reservist assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing knew just how to cook it up.





