Fairchild Briefs

Air Force looking for family members of deceased Airmen Air Force officials are seeking families of Americans buried in Libya. Officials recently returned from the country with the remains of 72 deceased Americans, 70 infants and two adults. They believe the Americans are family members of Airmen

Fairchild briefs

Food drive volunteer opportunity Second Harvest Inland Northwest is conducting a food drive July 13 in partnership with a local grocery store and news station. Second Harvest needs 105 volunteers to hand out fliers, accept donations and load food into trucks. Three shifts are available: 8 a.m. to

Neighbor Day in the park

Riverfront Park is the place to be July 4. What more can you ask for on a Wednesday afternoon than food, fun and entertainment? Maybe some fireworks? That's exactly what you'll find when you attend Clear Channel 4th of July Neighbor Day. Held in various meadows in the park from 11 a.m. to 10:30

Drink up!

Never fear, your water is clear. The water provided by the Fairchild public water system meets all requirements set by the Safe Drinking Water Act and Washington Department of Ecology. The sources of Fairchild drinking water are rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs and wells. "Our

Watermelon Day at the CDC

Scholarship awarded to recent grad

Congratulations ALS grads

Congratulations to the following senior airmen who graduated from Airmen Leadership School June 28. Rosana Betro, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Colin Fitzpatrick, 92nd LRS Thomas Haefliger, 92nd LRS Christopher Hedrick, 92nd LRS Matthew Jackson, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Evan Jacobus,

36th Rescue Flight makes 614th rescue

A four-man crew from the 36th Rescue Flight here saved a 19-year-old woman June 30 after she was bucked off of a mule in rough terrain near Sherman Pass, Wash., in Stephens County. The woman sustained injuries that required helicopter evacuation to a Spokane hospital. After receiving a call for

Squadron celebrates anniversary of KC-135 delivery

Today is a significant date to the Air Force and its mission. It marks the 50th anniversary of the delivery of the first KC-135 Stratotanker to the Air Force. Sent to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, a unit at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., that relocated to Fairchild in 1995, the aircraft extended

Practice fireworks safety this Independence Day

The American traditions of parades, cookouts, and fireworks help us celebrate the summer season, especially our nation's birthday July 4. However, fireworks can turn a joyful celebration into a painful memory when children and adults are injured while using fireworks. The U.S. Consumer Product