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  • Spokane civic leaders, media fly refueling mission celebrating KC-135's 50th anniversary

    A group of 40 Spokane business society members joined Team Fairchild Wednesday to commemorate the 50th birthday of the Air Force's primary refueling aircraft.The Boeing Company debuted the KC-135 in Aug. 1956, and it was delivered to the Air Force a year later. To this date, the aircraft has supported armed conflict and humanitarian operations in

  • Wing historian relives joys, trials of old Fairchild KC-135 airframe

    "Start the water!" When I was a copilot in the KC-135A model here at Fairchild back in 1979, that order from the aircraft commander filled me with excitement and anxiety -- excitement because we were starting our takeoff roll and anxiety because I never knew if the aircraft's water injection system was actually going to work. The A model, or "steam

  • Fairchild hits MatchUP target, celebrates with food and fun

    More than 2,600 Fairchild Airmen and their families attended the 2006 MatchUP Family Fun Day Aug. 25 at Miller Park. Food, beverages and entertainment were free for the attendees. MatchUP is an Air Mobility Command wide contest administered locally by the 92nd Services Squadron. During the four-hour event, Fairchild achieved 100 percent of its
  • Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron (left,) Air Mobility Command command chief and Senior Master Sgt. Artie Pearson (right,) 92nd Security Forces Squadron superintendent of resources and training, watch a combat skills training demonstration from an HMMV military vehicle. Twenty-five people were directly involved in the exhibition, which was identical to the final event of the combat skills training course offered here.

    Command team visits Fairchild

    General Duncan J. McNabb visited here to get a first-hand look at how Team Fairchild completes its mission. The general, who leads Air Mobility Command, was accompanied by his wife, Linda, and the AMC command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Joseph E. Barron, Jr. They arrived Monday and departed Wednesday. During his visit, General McNabb stopped at

  • New center combines wing functions to streamline operations

    The 92nd Air Refueling Wing is opening the doors to a facility responsible for three functions key to ensuring Team Fairchild's expeditionary success.The Expeditionary Airmen's Center of Excellence, located in Building 2005, will synergize the 92nd ARW's Air Expeditionary Force, Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, and Total Force
  • Staff Sgt. Jennifer Martin, 92nd Medical Support Squadron diagnostic imaging technician, inspects an ankle x-ray to ensure proper exposure and positioning. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Laura Smith)

    Medical clinic celebrates 50th anniversary

    The 92nd Medical Group clinic turns 50 years old this year and its history is a testimony to the ever-changing, highly adaptable people it employs. The medical group can be traced back to the horse cavalry era and the battles across the Spokane Plains. Perhaps as early as 1858, the medical unit received its first patients. Settlement wars brought
  • Technical Sgt. Carlos Ramossanchez, surrounded by some of the more than 250 cases of Girl Scout cookies he hands out to Team Fairchild deployers. Sergeant Ramossanchez is the Family Readiness Coordinator at the Airman and Family Readiness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe B. Wiles)

    A career of caring

    If you've deployed out of Fairchild, you've met Tech. Sgt. Carlos Ramossanchez. He was the smiling fellow handing you a box of cookies or a book to make your journey a little easier.If you're the spouse of one of those deployed Airmen, you've met Sergeant Ramossanchez at the Airman and Family Readiness Center when he gave you a "Car Care Because We
  • FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Lyra Brennan and Ben Lambert, both actors from Boston, perform in the interactive play 'Remote Control,' here Aug. 15. The play, which is an existing play, but was rewritten for the military community, made it's debut here before moving on to other military installations. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Kristian Carter)

    'Remote Control' plays at Fairchild

  • FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Reiter of Puyallup, Wash., Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialist, pulls a pick-up truck 40 feet during the first ever SERE Challenge held here on Aug. 10, 2006. Twenty-three members of the 336th Training Group participated in the challenge which included an obstacle course, 3-mile run, 6-mile road march, and a variety of other events that tested the strength and stamina of participating members. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith)

    SERE Challenge pushes competition to the limit

    The 22nd Training Squadron at Fairchild hosted the SERE Challenge Aug. 10, a multi-sport event that pushed competitors' stamina and strength to the limits.Featuring individual and team competitions, the event pitted hard-core Team Fairchild Airmen against one another in ten physically grueling events. From an unorthodox relay that included a tire
  • FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Participants walk to a KC-135 Stratotanker as part of the wing's Family Mobility Day activities Aug. 10. The event is designed to give family members insight to the experience of deploying Airmen and the services offered to the families who continue the mission at home once the servicemember has deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Anthony Ennamorato)

    Families gain insight into deployment process

    The troops were starting to get rowdy. About half way through an intelligence briefing preceding their special mission, mutiny was setting in amongst the ranks. "No, no, no" one of the deploying troops screamed out from the back of the room, interrupting the lieutenant colonel's briefing. Another one broke into song ...well, sort of. Her lyrics
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