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  • AF updates tobacco policy

    The Air Force released an updated Tobacco policy, AFI 40-102, March 4 that included changes to designated smoking areas and allows individuals to receive tobacco cessation products with minimal barriers.The changes to the designated smoking areas bars tobacco use on recreational facilities to

  • Fairchild tests maintenance hangar's emergency foam system

    Maintainers, emergency responders and local contractors tested the installation's high expansion foam discharge in the repair aircraft maintenance hangar April 8 to ensure the safety and security of Fairchild personnel, equipment and facilities.The test allowed the installation to assess whether the

  • Team Fairchild donates 'Welcome Boxes' to local foster children

    Members from Team Fairchild donated more than 85 "Welcome Boxes" with essential items for local foster children to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Children Administration, in Spokane, Washington, April 7.  The boxes will be given to children ages 2 to 17 while they are

  • The Boom Podcast, April 10

    In this week's "Fairchild's The Boom" podcast, Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton and Capt. David A. Liapis, discuss base happenings, volunteer opportunities, dancing classes, the link between social media and depression and one Airman who may be going to Mars, as well as, some humorous news from

  • Airmen increase emergency readiness

    Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base conducted an emergency management exercise March 30 that afforded them the opportunity to practice in a training environment the skills that save lives during emergency situations."We gear these exercises to give personnel a chance to see what is expected and the

  • Junior officers experience mission firsthand

    Several company grade officers assigned to Fairchild were selected to take part in the inaugural CGO Mission Orientation Brief here March 23 through 27.The group of 15 CGOs, representing various units, spent the week touring the groups and squadrons that make up the 92nd Air Refueling Wing.Col.

  • Sexual assault prevention: moving beyond awareness

    Every April since 2001, the nation has focused its attention on sexual assault awareness and the impact this crime has on those who have experienced it. This year, the Department of Defense deliberately renamed the annual effort Sexual Assault Awareness and PREVENTION Month. I want to take this

  • Fairchild Focus: National Child Abuse Awareness Month

    The Family Advocacy Program educates Airmen and their families about ways to prevent child abuse and in April, they are putting more focus on the issue as part of National Child Abuse Awareness Month.In April 1983, then President Ronald Reagan declared the first Child Abuse Awareness Month as a way

  • The Boom Podcast, April 3

    In this week's "Fairchild's The BOOM" podcast, Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton and Capt. David A. Liapis, discuss upcoming running events in the local area including Bloomsday, Hoopfest, pay updates and the benefits of the Air Force Assistance Fund, as well as, some humorous news from around the

  • District congresswoman visits Fairchild Airmen, youth

    Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district, toured Fairchild Air Force Base with Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, April 1. During the tour, McMorris Rodgers viewed a demonstration from the U.S. Air Force Survival