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  • Honor Guard: To honor with dignity

    Throughout Air Force history, Air Force ceremonial guardsmen have honored the lives of military veterans with these words to their next-of-kin:"On behalf of the President of the United States, the Department of the Air Force, and a grateful nation, we offer our nation's flag for the faithful and

  • Auto Hobby Shop: more than just an oil change

    Maintenance is important, just ask anyone flying 50-year-old planes.Cars are no different, which is why the auto hobby shop offers Team Fairchild with an affordable and convenient way to maintain personal vehicles.The auto hobby shop comes equipped with 15 bays that have 15 lifts and a full line of

  • Award-winning spouse proves vital to 93rd ARS mission

    The craziest thing Megan Capelle and her husband, Michael, did in college was make a day trip to Wisconsin. After all, there was an air show that weekend and her fiancée wanted to become a pilot.Back then the two were enrolled in the University of Illinois. He was in the Air Force ROTC program and a

  • Let’s make 2013 the year of innovation

    Without a doubt, innovation is our Air Force's lifeblood. It started with the origins of powered flight in 1903 when the first flight lasted 13 seconds. Not satisfied, the world's first Airmen, Orville and Wilbur Wright, tinkered with success and propelled their heavier-than-air machine to soar 59

  • Fairchild boomer reaches 7,500 flying hour milestone

    Master Sgt. Ted Buit, the 92nd Operations Group standards evaluations NCO in charge and career boom operator, reached for the sky plucking a dream from the heavens making it his reality.The 92nd OG boom operator, who has served in the Air Force for more than 23 years, attained an occupational

  • Sink or swim: SERE specialists train Airmen in water survival

    These Airmen are off the deep end.But that's okay, it's part of their job.Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists at Fairchild train aircrews to endure in a variety of environments in case the fliers have to leave their aircraft. In addition to training to survive in forest, desert and

  • Commissary meat worker a cut above

    One might not expect jokes at the Fairchild Commissary meat aisle.But if Ken Stephens has his way, no customer leaves his section without a smile on their face. After all, he's the one with the meat cleaver."If somebody comes in and I can get a smile out of them -- that becomes the best part of my

  • Who says cops have no sense of humor?

    Knock, knock.Security forces Airman.Security forces Airman who tells much better jokes than this one.The comic in question is Senior Airman Christopher Armitage, an installation entry controller. While Wednesday through Saturday he can be found at the gate welcoming people to Fairchild, Monday

  • Living a dream, one note at a time

    Staff Sgt. Abigail Foster sings in her car. She also used to live in it. The NCO with the 92nd Maintenance Squadron, began her music career performing at church, but never imagined the hardship she would have to overcome to perform and bring smiles to people's faces.Prior to joining the Air Force,

  • RiderCoach

    Motorcycle crashes are not usually caused by one single mistake or decision; rather they are caused by an interaction of events, many of which can be minimized by a competent, motivated and properly trained motorcyclist.With the number of mishaps climbing faster than previous years, the National