page_title: McChord Field
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: McChord Field / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of McChord Field from the east
context_page_description: McChord Field 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.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 15.0 km² (5.8 mi²). 15.0 km² (5.8 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
  It is located adjacent to Lakewood, about one mile south of Tacoma and 40 miles south of Seattle. It was named in honor of Colonel William Caldwell McChord, former Chief of the Training and Operations Division in HQ Army Air Corps.  Much of the base is a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 4,096 at the 2000 census.
caption: Aerial view of McChord Field from the east, with the rest of Joint Base Lewis–McChord in the left background, and the city of Lakewood in the right background
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