Award-winning spouse proves vital to 93rd ARS mission

Megan Capelle and her children Gabriel, 4, and Abigail, 2, make “welcome home” signs Jan. 15, 2013 for Capt. Michael Capelle, who returns from a deployment Monday. Capelle is due with her third child in August. Her husband is a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot with the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Curry)

Award-winning spouse proves vital to 93rd ARS mission

Megan Capelle takes a break from her responsibilities as the president and secretary of the 93rd Air Refueling Squadrons military spouses group, for a photo at her home, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Jan. 15, 2013. Capelle is the first recipient of the Blue Star Spouse award for such accomplishments as creating the spouses Facebook page, preparing newsletters for spouses, gathering coats to send for deployed Airmen, and leading a variety of church activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Curry)

Fairchild's Finest

Senior Airman Ilya Demchuck, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration journeyman, has been selected as a member of Team Fairchild’s elite, Fairchild’s Finest at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patino)

KC-46A

An artist's rendering of a KC-46A refueling F-16 Fighting Falcons (photo courtesy the Boeing Company)

Jumping to conclusions

Survival evasion resistance and escape specialists unload parachute equipment before they perform static-line jumps at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 6, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Zeski)

Jumping to conclusions

Senior Airman Timothy George prepares a parachute for a static-line jump at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov . 6, 2012. Each step is essential in preparation as the smallest error could be fatal. George is a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist with the 22nd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Zeski)