Deployed Fairchild K-9 supporting Manas mission

A decade of service is more than most military members serve; in fact with the deployment tempo and demands for military working dogs, it's on the higher end of a MWD's service as well. But, Lucky is not a typical dog. At 10-years old this Belgian Malinois is the oldest MWD at the Transit Center.

36th Rescue Flight secures save 662 -- Fairchild Airmen rescue SERE student

A student attending the Survival Evasion Resistance Escape training course in the Colville National Forest, Wash., was rescued Tuesday after he went into anaphylactic shock following a bee sting.The student, 1st Lt. Andrew Metzger, was practicing evasion techniques when he was stung.Three Airmen

Master Sgt. welcomes his son to Fairchild

The phone text read: How would you like me to come home permanently? When he received the text, his first concern was if his son was hurt, then he wondered if he got kicked out. He was relieved when neither was the case, then the text read: I'm coming to Fairchild with you... As of two weeks ago,

Fairchild beats time limit by 32 secs during maintenance skills competition

Fairchild receives refueling team award at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Fairchild Air Force Base's Rodeo team represented the 92nd Air Refueling Wing well, most notably earning the 2011 Air Mobility Rodeo Best Refueling Team along with the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Okla."I couldn't be more proud of you," said Col. Paul Guemmer, 92nd ARW commander just before

Fairchild makes strong showing at Air Mobility Rodeo’s KC-135 load competition

Three umpires from Air Mobility Command's Standards and Evaluations KC-135 branch confirmed July 26 what Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., crews already knew - they rock.The third team of the day to compete in the KC-135 load challenge at the Air Mobility Rodeo, the Fairchild team earned 2,344 points

Fairchild amongst first financial specialists’ debut at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Three finance specialist from the 92nd Comptroller Squadron helped make Air Mobility Rodeo history when the financial management community joined the competition for the first time.Tech. Sgt. Adrienne Johnson, Staff Sgt. Christie Bates and Senior Airman Lyndell Bouie had a rigorous schedule that

92nd SFS team contender at Air Mobility Rodeo

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The Fairchild Air Force Base security forces Rodeo team received 382 of 400 points during the first of three Air Mobility Rodeo security forces challenges July 25. The four-man team assigned to the 92nd Security Forces Squadron was the final team of the day to

Fairchild to compete at Air Mobility Command-wide, biennial competition

A KC-135R Stratotanker flight crew of four, along with 13 of the tanker's maintenance specialists, four security forces Airmen and three finance specialists made up the competing team for Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., who departed the Spokane International Airport and arrived at the joint base

Fairchild Airman passes away after motor vehicle accident

     Senior Master Sgt. Gary Gonzalez, a 92nd Air Refueling Wing Airman assigned to the 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, died Saturday as a result of a single-vehicle accident in Medical Lake, Wash.     "We are deeply saddened by this tragedy," said Col. Paul Guemmer, 92nd Air Refueling Wing