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  • Brace yourself, tax season is coming!

    It's that time of year! The tax season kicks off Feb. 9 and ends April 8 here, and the Volunteer Tax Assistance program representatives are preparing to give the services needed to military members.The program will have various tax representatives who will be able to help with their respective

  • Fairchild's Finest: Senior Airman Maritza Smith

    Rank /Name: Senior Airman Maritza SmithUnit of assignment: 92nd Air Refueling Wing Command PostNominee's duty title: Emergency Action ControllerHome town and state: San Diego, CaliforniaWhat do you do on a daily basis at Fairchild AFB?Answer phones and run checklists, which is kind of like being a

  • New deicing simulator saves money, manpower, increases training

    With the winter months comes freezing temperatures, snow, frost and ice, but despite the inclement weather changes the mission continues making deicing aircraft a main priority for maintainers.This year to increase training capabilities and save money and manpower, the 92nd Maintenance Group

  • Importance of responding to adverse actions

    To make a response to a written derogatory or adverse action or not make a response, that is the question. Your decision can affect your career positively or negatively.Any time a military member is given any type of written derogatory or adverse action he or she should consider taking advantage of

  • Raise a glass, make a speech with Toastmasters

    Toastmasters International celebrated its 90th birthday last year and, for the first time in recent history, Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base can celebrate with them.Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1924 that operates for the purpose of helping members

  • Event honors fallen heroes

    Team Fairchild, the Spokane community and the families and friends of fallen veterans gathered to place wreaths upon veterans' burial stones in support of Wreaths Across America at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash., Dec. 13, 2014.The Wreaths Across America event is

  • Fairchild welcomes new Command Chief

    As a 12-year-old, Christian Pugh already knew he wanted to be in the military and make a career out of it. Little did he know he would become the senior enlisted leader for more than 2,000 Airmen, and advise his commander on enlisted force issues.As the new command chief of the 92nd Air Refueling

  • Tool to safeguard PII integrated AF-wide

    Air Force officials integrated the Digital Signature Enforcement tool Air Force-wide Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of