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  • Letter to Airmen: Support to Operations

    Last month I wrote about my area-of-responsibility trip and the outstanding impacts Airmen are making in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom every day. This month I want to salute all those who provide support to operations around the globe. From the acquisition professionals

  • Fairchild Briefs and Educations Briefs

    The following is a list of upcoming Fairchild events and other pertinent 92nd Air Refueling Wing information. Education Briefs are located at the bottom of the page. Highlighted Events: Air Force Assistance Fund Fairchild's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign began March 10 and will run through April

  • Fairchild drinking water safe

    Concerns have arisen around the effects of medication disposal on water quality around the country; yet, you should feel comforted that the drinking water at Fairchild is safe. Note, though, that flushing medications down the toilet or sink is not safe because trace amounts of the medications may be

  • Air Force Uniform Board goes virtual

    Airmen now will be able to submit ideas for improving Air Force uniforms with a few simple clicks of a mouse. By logging into the Air Force's IDEA Program Web site, Airmen can select a link that allows them to submit an idea for a uniform change or update. Once submitted, ideas are routed through

  • Air Force officials respond to Boeing protest

    Air Force officials received a copy of Boeing's formal protest March 11 on the KC-45A contract award, recently submitted to the Government Accountability Office. It is the company's right to formally submit a protest. Air Force members will carefully evaluate the protest, defend their source

  • Upcoming Movies

    Fairchild Theater schedule March 14 @ 7 p.m. Untraceable Rated R 1 hr. 40 min. March 15 @ 7 p.m. The Eye Rated PG-13 1 hr. 37 min March 21 @ 7 p.m. Juno Rated PG-13 1 hr. 31 min March 22 @ 7 p.m. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Rated PG-13 1 hr. 54 min March 28 @ 7 p.m. Fools Gold Rated PG-13 1 hr. 53

  • Retiree will service resumes

    The Fairchild Legal office reinstated its retiree legal assistance services Feb. 27 with an entire day devoted to retirees and their dependents. "It was incredibly successful, with a limited staff of attorneys assisting twenty clients at a savings of approximately $12,000," said Capt Vicki Marcus,

  • Giving out your digits

    Every week there is another horror story about it. Television ads depict protection from it and most of us know someone who has had it happen to them. What is "it?" Identity theft! My own mother-in-law discovered someone had used her identity to charge more than $5,000 in airline tickets on one of

  • Commander's Direct Line: Rambo gate

    The following is a question to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Commander submitted by a member of Team Fairchild or the local community: Question: With all the construction going on between the main base and the U.S. Air Force Survival School, would it be possible to allow privately owned vehicles

  • Fairchild Briefs and Ongoing Notifications

    The following is a list of upcoming Fairchild events and other pertinent 92nd Air Refueling Wing information. Ongoing Notifications are located at the bottom of the page. Highlighted Events: Upcoming Events March 12 - March 19: March 10: Preparing for Reunion The Airman and Family Readiness Center