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  • Fairchild wraps up ‘furious’ exercise

    Team Fairchild concluded three days of high-powered operations, superior teamwork and the conscientious efforts of Airmen, resulting in a highly successful conclusion to exercise “Titan Fury” here Sept. 15, 2017.
  • Fairchild takes home Omaha Trophy two years in a row

    For the second year in a row, U.S. Strategic Command presented Team Fairchild the 2016 Omaha Trophy for the Strategic Aircraft category during a ceremony here Sept. 1.
  • Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

    The Air Force released a policy memo today allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault prevention and response victim advocates to assist Air
  • First Hispanic female general: Brig. Gen. Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti

    Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti was a pioneer as the first Hispanic female to obtain the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force in 1985.She attended Regina School of Nursing and received a nursing diploma. Since she worked on the base and decided to join the Air Force in 1958. She began her military career as a hospital nurse at Wright
  • First Air Force Latina pilot: Lt. Col. Olga E. Custodio

    Lt. Col. Olga E. Custodio made U.S. military history by becoming the first Hispanic female pilot in the United States Air Force. Not only did Custodio become the first female Hispanic pilot, but she was the first Latina to complete U.S Air Force military pilot training.Custodio was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a father that served in the
  • Wings of Hope -- The 92nd Bombardment Group and the Green Project

    Even though the fighting in Europe ended when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, the 92nd Bombardment Group still had much work to do. Now that the fighting was over, the hundreds of thousands of troops still in Europe just wanted to go home. The only way to avoid a mutiny was to get those troops home as quickly as possible. Because of that need,
  • Spokane awarded Air Mobility Command Abilene Trophy 2013

    Fairchild Air Force Base has a continuous global mission that employs more than 5,700 personnel and supports 17,000 retirees; and the Inland Northwest community has proven to be the grassroots supporting Fairchild and Air Mobility Command. The Abilene Trophy 2013 was awarded to Spokane, Wash., this week by AMC. This award is presented annually to
  • Dedication ceremony for Shell 77 Airmen to be held May 3

    The 92nd Air Refueling Wing will remember the lives of the three fallen Fairchild Airmen who tragically perished a year ago in a KC-135 Stratotanker crash in northern Kyrgyzstan with a memorial dedication ceremony Saturday, May 3, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the Fairchild Memorial Grove Park.Those to be honored are:Capt. Mark T. "Tyler" Voss, 27,
  • Altus, McConnell selected to receive KC-46A

    Air Force officials announced April 23 that McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., is the first active duty-led main operating base for the KC-46A Pegasus and Altus AFB, Okla., is the Air Force's KC-46A formal training unit. This final selection announcement follows the completion of the environmental analysis required by the National Environmental
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