Blue Star Spouse Award: Sheena Barr

Fairchild flies for fitness at wing run

92nd MXS changes command

Commissaries support 'Feds Feed Families'

Commissary employees and customers are working together again this year to collect donations for the Feds Feed Families campaign. The campaign, which began June 1 and runs through the end of August, collects much-needed items for local food banks. Customers and employees can donate nonperishable

AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air

Spokane, Wash. native serves aboard USS Harry S. Truman

A 2002 Hamline University graduate and Spokane Wash., native is serving on one of the world's largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Peterson is a corpsman aboard the Norfolk-based ship, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft

MiCare connects patients directly with medical staff

Did you know patients seen at the 92nd Medical Group can communicate with their medical provider in a secure online service to manage their health care?MiCare is an Internet-based portal with a confidential secure messaging service. The system allows beneficiaries to easily interact with their

36th Rescue Flight gives 22nd Training Squadron students a lift

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School SV-80B students participated in hoist training with the help of the 36th Rescue Flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 25, 2014. Flight crews assigned to the 36th RQF assist students from the 22nd Training Squadron in a 17-day school by

Force shaping brings new resources

The daunting challenge of force shaping has brought Fairchild a fortunate asset.In partnership with the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council and WorkSource Spokane, FAFB will gain two full-time career guidance counselors on base this July in conjunction with the 92nd Force Support Squadron.

Spokane resident earns more than wings as pilot for a day

Most pilots go through months of training and receive several certifications before grabbing the yoke of an aircraft. Sam Diaz, an 8-year-old-boy from Spokane, Washington, recently earned his honorary pilot's wings over the course of a single work day here on June 18. His wings earn him a spot as an