Joint Base Lewis–McChord is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–McChord. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army's Fort Lewis and the United States Air Forc…
Joint Base Lewis–McChord is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–McChord. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army's Fort Lewis and the United States Air Force's McChord Air Force Base which merged on 1 February 2010 into a Joint Base as a result of Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations of 2005.
Owner: Department of Defense
Built: 1917 (as Fort Lewis) and 1927 (as Tacoma Field)
Elevation: 98.1 metres (322 ft) AMSL
Coordinates: (Army Base) · (Air Base)
Operator: United States Army
Controlled by: US Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM)
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