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  • Boy Scouts get a glance at Air Force life

    Boy Scouts from Troop 400 toured Fairchild Air Force Base Sept. 15 to gain a better understanding of how the base supports the Air Force mission. Tour elements included a KC-135 Stratotanker and a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter, which served to increase the scouts’ understanding of their community.  

  • EWU professors visit Fairchild

    The 92nd Air Refueling Wing Equal Opportunity staff invited Dr. LaToya Brackett, Eastern Washington University Africana coordinator, and Gayla Thomas, EWU director of equal opportunity, to speak at the first EO Let's Talk Leadership Seminar held at the Red Morgan Event Center here Sept. 16.EWU

  • Students participate in active shooter exercise

    The 92nd Security Forces Squadron and 336th Training Group students participated in an active shooter training here Sept. 16.The training is designed to prepare 92nd SFS personnel to respond to a shooting incident in a school or work center.Run-hide-fight is the response technique for all base

  • Star Spangled Banner celebrates 200th anniversary

    On Sept. 14, 1814, following a bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore's Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those "broad stripes and

  • Airmen practice pollution prevention daily

    The Air Force and Team Fairchild join American's nationwide for Pollution Prevention Week Sept. 15-21 by taking steps to prevent pollution and committing to health, planet and money saving actions.The service continues its efforts to educate the public about pollution prevention and reducing the

  • Honor Guard presents colors for concert fans

    Members from the Fairchild Air Force Base honor guard perform the colors on stage for thousands of fans during the "Rock Hard at the Park" concert tour Sept. 11, 2014, in Post Falls, Idaho. The honor guard is a congressionally-mandated program to provide well trained, highly professional members to

  • 92nd veterans gather for annual event

    Members of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, past and present, gathered for the third annual Gathering of 92nd Veterans, held by the 92nd U.S. Army Air Forces/U.S. Air Force Memorial Association, at Waterfront Park in Medical Lake, Wash., Sept. 14."It's an event for all the 92nd people in the area who

  • ‘National Drug Take Back Day’

    Fairchild AFB is participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Drug Take Back Day at the Exchange main lobby on Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.A drop box will be located in the Exchange's main lobby for a no hassle, no questions asked disposal.Drug Take Back Day allows Fairchild

  • Air Force, Spokane firefighters partner for HAZMAT response

    A tanker truck leaking a hazardous chemical prompted emergency responders to shut down Interstate 90 near the Washington-Idaho state line Sept. 14 garnering regional response including Fairchild Air Force Base firefighters."We arrived on scene within 30 minutes of receiving the call," said Bryant