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  • Girl Scouts donate cookies to Fairchild deployers

    The Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Idaho donated more than 500 crates of cookies to Fairchild's deployers here May 1.The cookies will be set out when Fairchild servicemembers leave and return from deployment operations worldwide. More than 10 percent of Fairchild Airmen are deployed

  • 5K Dash!

    Airmen from all squadrons here participated in a "Find Your Stride 5K" run around base April 27, starting and ending at Miller Park. The 5K was a Squadron Team Competition for Commander's Fitness points as well as an individual "Fun Run". The run was open to all Fairchild Air Force Base units,

  • Angels deploy too

    With only 19 percent of the Air Force being female and only five percent of those females being pilots, it is not often that you hear of an all-female flight crew, especially while being deployed.An all-female crew, also known as an "angel flight" deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan,

  • Deployed Fairchild Airman doing great things

    Every week, a member of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing is selected as the Warrior of the Week. This individual is recognized based on outstanding performance, good conduct, work ethic and most importantly, for a job well done.Meet the Warrior of the Week -- Senior Airman Jody Harding is a 376th

  • 18th Air Force leadership visits Fairchild

    Charting a path to continued success during uncertain strategic and fiscal environments was a key theme shared by the 18th Air Force commander during a visit here April 24 to 26.Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, accompanied by his wife, Patty, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Williams, 18th

  • Cancer survivor receives second service dog

    A Team Fairchild community member received his second service dog from Canine Assistants during an event at the base commissary here April 27.Daniel Swanson, an 18-year-old Spokane, Wash., resident, was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 7 years old. Since then, he's struggled with reduced

  • Fairchild's Finest: Airman 1st Class Preston Ruth

    Name: Airman 1st Class Preston RuthUnit: 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Duty Title: Vehicle mechanicHometown: Sandusky, OhioYears in Service: TwoWhy I joined: I wanted to explore the world and see new things.Family: Parents - Natalie and Stan Ruth, Siblings - Justin, Russell and HannahFavorite

  • Drug Take Back event scheduled at Fairchild

    Fairchild is having a Drug Take Back event April 28 at the Exchange from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Drug Enforcement Administration is heading up this nation-wide initiative. This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused