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  • AMC Mission Support commanders visit base

    Nine Air Mobility Command Mission Support Group commanders toured Fairchild Nov. 16 in hopes of finding something they can incorporate into their groups at their home bases. The program, called the Excellent Installation Orientation program, gives other AMC mission support group commanders a chance

  • Fairchild first sergeants spread holiday warmth with

    Fairchild first sergeants filled 185 boxes with all the makings of a Thanksgiving dinner and distributed them to junior Airmen across the base Nov. 17 as part of Operation Warmheart. Each box contained a turkey, stuffing, dinner rolls, vegetables, potatoes, gravy and pie crush and filling, all

  • Fairchild honors military veterans of past, present

    The last time Navy veteran John Custer flew in a U.S. Air Force aircraft was when he was being lifted from a Saigon hospital back to his ship in Danang more than 35 years ago. That changed when he was offered the opportunity to fly in a Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker in honor of Veteran's Day. He and

  • 701st AEW hits the ground running

    Members of Team Fairchild simulated a deployment to an austere forward operating base Nov. 13 as part of an Ability to Survive and Operate exercise at Camp Airey on base. Deployed as the 701st Air Expeditionary Wing, Team Fairchild's mission in Exercise Thunderbolt is to provide aerial refueling,

  • Communications squadron creates Troop Care Packages

    Airmen from the Communications Squadron sent a bit of home to troops fighting overseas the first week of November by making care packages for them. With the help of Jan Sass, founder of U.S. Troop Care Package, Airmen filled the packages with pillows, snacks, toiletry items, reading materials,

  • 2006 Penton Team Visits Fairchild

    The 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight was one of three in Air Mobility Command picked to compete in this year's Penton Award for Best Fuels Flight. The team, consisting of Col. Joseph Codispodi and Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Hudgins, toured the fuels flight Nov. 7, meeting the fuels

  • 92nd ARW celebrates Wingman Day

    Airmen and civilians alike set aside their work for a few hours Nov. 6 to participate in Wingman Day, a base-wide effort to remind everyone of the importance of looking out for each other and being a good "wingman." Each squadron was responsible for organizing their own briefings, which focused on

  • Team Fairchild keeps aircraft flying at Nellis during Red Flag 07-01

    More than 40 members of Team Fairchild returned home Oct. 21 after spending two weeks at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nev., supporting Red Flag 07-01. Red Flag, established in 1975, is a two-week realistic combat training exercise involving combat forces from all branches of the military,

  • CRO candidates fight for elite positions

    Twenty-two men reported to Fairchild in late October planning on becoming part of an elite group of officers. Eleven went home disappointed. The 11 that remained heard those magic words, "You've got a career now that you're going to love!" That career is as a Combat Rescue Officer. Currently there

  • Aluminum eagle statue soars over Michael Anderson Elementary

    An artist from Pullman, Wash., and a crane operator from Spokane placed a 200 pound eagle on top of a stainless steel three-legged base at Anderson Elementary school on base Oct. 28. The kinetic sculpture, made of aluminum and strengthened with steel cables, is the culmination of a three-year