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  • Fairchild receives new transfer fuel line

         Team Fairchild project and construction managers along with Garco construction are in the process of finishing up a construction project, which was awarded in June, 2010 and began in August that year. The construction team has installed a new fuel transfer line that runs from off-base

  • Fairchild Air Force Base remembers deceased Airman

        The 92nd Air Refueling Wing will host a memorial service for Tech. Sgt. Robert L. Aronson tomorrow in the base chapel for family, friends and fellow service members.  Aronson, the electrical environmental shop chief for the 92nd Maintenance Squadron, was found dead at his residence at about 5

  • Base Exchange image upgrade improvement nearing completion

      Since February, the Fairchild Base Exchange has been undergoing a six-phase project to modernize their facility in an effort to upgrade their image and provide a better shopping experience for their customers.   The $2 million project is now 95 percent complete. The image upgrade includes just

  • Schwartz: Air Force Will Preserve 'Core Contributions'

    Air Force leaders are focused on managing potential budget constraints so that the service can continue to provide its unique contributions to national security, the Air Force chief of staff said yesterday.Speaking before hundreds of attendees at the Air Force Association's 2011 Air and Space

  • Fairchild units ‘team’ to conduct first-ever KC-135 OSC Exercise

    Earlier this year, a military aircraft went down in Afghanistan and the aircrew evaded through enemy terrain. A Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft was nearby conducting operations and was the first to receive communications from the downed survivors. Once they positively authenticated the

  • New Fairchild Fitness Center on track

    Construction of the new Fairchild Fitness Center started in September 2010 and has been steadily coming to life ever since. It is scheduled to be completed and open for patrons in early 2012. The $19.7 million project was necessary because the current fitness center was originally constructed as an

  • New designer drugs known as ‘bath salts’ deemed illegal, dangerous

    A new illegal drug called "bath salts" has been deemed illegal by Department of Defense officials. They warn the "bath salts" are addictive psychoactive chemicals, which are presumed to include synthetic cocaine and an ecstasy variety in its components. "Bath salts," the drug, are not actually bath

  • Depression diagnoses’ on Fairchild mirror rest of country

    Depression was the number one diagnosis at the Fairchild clinic during April. And again in May.Depression was the second leading diagnosis for June. Those three months resulted in 830 patient appointments at the mental health clinic and family health. Not only does depression rank within the top 10

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: A year in review

    Mental, physical, social, and spiritual health--these are the pillars by which Comprehensive Airman Fitness is achieved. Since CAF was first implemented, Fairchild Air Force Base has been making great strides in utilizing CAF grants to fund programs aimed at bettering the lives of both Airmen and