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  • HAWC's new fitness center home

    The Health and Wellness Center is now conveniently co-located within the new fitness center, thus providing greater exposure, convenience and utilization to the health and wellness resources offered to those that have access to Fairchild Air Force Base. One of the more popular classes is a

  • Fairchild's Finest: Staff Sgt. Sara Luna

    Name: Staff Sgt. Sara LunaUnit: 912th Air Refueling Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Duty Title: Resource ManagerHometown: Marathon, New YorkYears in Service: 8 years 10 monthsWhy I joined: For educational benefits and to travel, but mainly I wanted to feel like I had a purpose and decided

  • Fairchild's Finest: Senior Airman Jessica Medina

    Name: Senior Airman Jessica Marie MedinaUnit: 92nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronDuty Title: Instruments and Flight Controls TechnicianHometown: El Paso, TexasYears in Service: 2.5Why I joined: I joined for the opportunity to try something new and different.Family: Fiancé Bryan (As soon as he gets me

  • Poster contest brings awareness to foreign object debris program

    If Airmen have ever been to an Air Force installation that has aircraft, they may be aware of foreign object debris. This is an enemy that everyone has the responsibility to fight. FOD can cause millions of dollars in damage, lost aircraft or loss of life to Airmen. This enemy can be any debris

  • Airman Leadership School instructor needed

    The Fairchild Airman Leadership School is seeking a motivated staff or technical sergeant for Flight Instructor Duty starting in early 2013. The actual start date will be determined based on career field release and training dates. This position is a four-year controlled tour. The position is a

  • Airman found dead at Fairchild

    An Airman attending training at the 336th Training Group was found dead in his dormitory Saturday, May 12.Airman 1st Class John Bradshaw was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m. May 12 by American Medical Response. The cause of his death is under investigation."Fairchild is saddened by the death of Airman

  • Clear Lake fishing tourney success for local youth

    An annual spring fishing event for kids took place at Fairchild Air Force Base's resort here May 5.The event drew in more than 800 kids ages 5 to 14. Participants received a t-shirt plus a rod and reel to take home.The kids received a 60-minute shot at catching rainbow trout. More than 5,000 fish

  • Local Spokane boy lives dream as “Airman for a Day”

    A 10-year-old Spokane, Wash., boy, who has been fighting a cancerous tumor on his optic nerve and undergone 1.5 years of chemo therapy, had the opportunity to visit here May 4 thanks to a program started by Fairchild's Company Grade Officer's Council."When I was little, I would say, 'Hey mom! I'm

  • Retiree Appreciation Day is May 18

    The Retiree Activities Office here will be hosting a Retiree Appreciation Day May 18. All retirees and their families are encouraged to attend. The event will be held at the Deel Community Center from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be a briefing by the base commander or his representative. Among

  • Fairchild Airman's body found

    The Spokane County Sheriff's department recovered the body of Airman 1st Class James Lassiter, a student who was assigned to the 336th Training Group, in Long Lake Sunday afternoon.The discovery comes more than a month after Airman Lassiter went missing on the Spokane River March 31, 2012."We mourn