Blue Star Spouse Award: Ms. Theresa Turner

Cyber Security Awareness

Everybody plays an important role in maintaining the security of the network and the information on it, in order to ensure cyber security, especially to protect Personally Identifiable Information and Privacy Act Information. Cyber security is defending the confidentiality, integrity, availability

Combating fatigue

The 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron hosts the Fatigue Countermeasure class to educate Airmen on how to combat fatigue and stress. Sleep is an essential part of Airmen's lives.The full class covers topics such as the signs and symptoms of fatigue, good sleep habits, sleeping cycles, fatigue

Run for your lives, zombies are coming

On Oct. 22, the infected will take over. The Fairchild Airman's Running Team will be hosting a zombie run with a theme, "Run for Your Life," beginning and ending at the Funspot and will start at 6 p.m.The Halloween run will be FART's third zombie run. Participants should be prepared to run away from

Air University updates Course 14 and 15 for NCOs

The Barnes Center for Enlisted Education has released updates for the Course 14 version 6, and has introduced Course 15 version 1. The courses are Professional Military Education correspondence courses designed with the goal of providing the foundational concepts to senior NCOs that meet the Air

Affordable Care Act coverage mandate not a concern for service members

The health insurance exchange mandate of the Affordable Care Act has been formally implemented Oct. 1 via the Health Insurance Marketplace at www.healthcare.gov .According to a recent article by the Air Force Personnel Center, the new law stipulates that most Americans get health coverage in 2014 or

Fairchild prepares for self-assessment

The 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings will be the first KC-135 Total Force Integration organization to implement the Unit Effectiveness Inspection, a higher headquarters external evaluation of wing performance based on four major graded areas: 1) Leading People; 2) Executing the Mission; 3)

Fire Prevention Week

Snow barn team keeps flightline safe, saves money

The 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron snow barn team gathered with the 92nd CES fire department, Oct. 4, to conduct rubber removal on more than 4,000 feet of Fairchild's flightline. Fairchild AFB is one of two Air Force bases that conduct the removal in-house annually, and by doing so, Fairchild saves

Airmanship demonstrated by act of courage

A Fairchild Airman performed an act of heroism May 11, 2013, by rescuing a man and his son from possibly drowning at Clear Lake Recreation Area, Cheney, Wash. Senior Airman Richard Narvaez, 92nd Comptroller Squadron financial analysis, was presented an Air Force Commendation Medal by Maj. Kevin