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  • Airman pleads guilty on drug charges

    A senior airman from the 92nd Mission Support Squadron was convicted Jan. 5 of selling ecstasy and LSD to a female who turned out to be an undercover informant for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, in a court-martial trial that was Fairchild's first of 2007. Senior Airman Steven Harangi pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing
  • Tech. Sgt. James Bonner, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Military Equal Opportunity advisor and primary 92nd ARW Director of Staff unit deployment manager, is this week's Team Fairchild MVP. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Noel Bacnis)

    MVP: Tech. Sgt. James Bonner

    Tech. Sgt. James BonnerSquadron 92nd Air Refueling Wing Position Military Equal Opportunity advisor and primary 92nd ARW Director of Staff unit deployment manager Service he provides to Team Fairchild As the 92nd ARW/DS UDM, I am responsible for ensuring that all air wing staff personnel are fully trained and qualified for any contingency. As a
  • Military spouses learn more about the KC-135 Stratotanker as part of the spouse's orientation tour provided by the 92nd Mission Support Group Jan. 24. The orientation is to help spouses of military members get familiar with Fairchild and its opportunities.

    Spouses get a taste of mission

    From fire truck to KC-135, family members of the Mission Support Group got a hands-on tour of Fairchild Wednesday. During the group's first-ever Spouse Orientation, spouses and children spent little more than half a day attending interactive demonstrations and mini field trips covering a large number of MSG and base organizations. The chosen
  • Staff Sgt. Patrick Church, 92nd Operations Support Squadron combat crew communications training NCO, holds his infant son Jacob after returning from deployment Monday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Watkins.)

    Center of Excellence opens its doors to first set of redeployers

    The kids are getting restless; the TV can only hold their attention for so long. Families are waiting in the break room, waiting for their Airmen, waiting for reunion, waiting. Twenty-two maintainers and two KC-135 crews returned to Fairchild Monday after a deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, to fight the Global War on Terrorism. These Airmen

  • VITA representatives for tax year 2006 announced

    Volunteer Income Tax Assistance representatives will prepare federal income taxes, free of charge, for all active-duty, retiree, National Guard and Reserve servicemembers and their dependents at Fairchild. Not only will they be available to assist members in filing their taxes, the VITAs will have critical IRS information readily available on
  • Master Sgt. Mark Bergeron, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command superintendent, removes wall lettering in the White House Tuesday. This is one of many steps in the wing headquarter building?s makeover, which started in November and is scheduled for completion in mid-August. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connie L. Bias)

    Moving right along

  • Brig. Gen. Frederick Roggero, Air Mobility Command deputy director of Air, Space and Information operations, is greeted by Col. Scott Hanson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, Col. Mark Melville, 92nd Operations Group commander, and Maj. Leslie Picht, 92nd Wing Safety chief of safety, on the flightline Tuesday. The general is touring AMC bases for a command-wide flight safety briefing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Fuentez)

    General Roggero visits

  • Fairchild welcomes Honorary Commanders

    A new group of Fairchild Honorary Commanders were officially welcomed during a reception at the wing commander's residence Saturday night. Local business and civic leaders, Honorary Commanders are chosen based on their ability and willingness to carry the Fairchild story to friends and associates in the local area and beyond. Each of the Honorary
  • Building 623, at the corner of Bong St. and Chennault, crashes to the ground Tuesday. Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc., crews are in the process of tearing down this building and bldg. 622, as they don?t meet Air Force standards. Between now and the scheduled completion in March, the contracting company will oversee teardown, underground piping excavation, ground tilling and sculpting for proper drainage, and ground seeding. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connie L. Bias)

    Tearin' it up

  • Medications being used to harm instead of heal

    Most parents know to keep medicine out of the hands of small children. However, toddlers and pre-schoolers aren't the only ones sneaking into cabinets and causing trouble. Many teenagers and young adults are now using over-the-counter and prescription drugs as an easy and cheap way to get high, said Peter LeGrand, Fairchild's drug demand reduction
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