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  • Team Fairchild's commitment to Tree City USA

    Earth Day is held annually April 22, and serves as a day to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The Air Force's overarching Earth Day theme is "Conserve Today, Secure Tomorrow." This year the Air Force is highlighting its commitment to "cleaner, greener installations," with emphasis on

  • KC-135 tire changing competition

    Approximately 20 Airmen, consisting of five teams and about 7 different career fields, raced against the clock for the fastest KC-135 Stratotanker tire change during the 92nd Maintenance Group's first tire changing competition here April 22, 2016."We had different career fields on the flight line

  • NASA astronauts assess USAF Water Survival Course

    Five team members from NASA visited Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 18-20 to assess the USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Course."Right now we are here to evaluate the possibility of sending more astronauts to Fairchild in the future," said Michael Fincke, NASA

  • Doolittle Raider raises a toast 74 years later

    Fairchild AFB had the distinct opportunity to host Army Air Force Staff Sgt. David Thatcher for a commemorative toast April 18 in honor of the 74th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid.Thatcher, a member of Flight Crew No. 7, is one of two surviving Doolittle Raiders.The air raid, led by then Lt.

  • Time capsule from 1960s halfway to opening date

    Gathering dust in the old base dining facility of Geiger Field, now Spokane International Airport, is a World War II-era aerial bomb, welded shut in 1966, with unknown artifacts inside, "items typical of the 1960s." It now serves as a time capsule.The time capsule will be housed at the Honor Point

  • "As a survivor, don't blame yourself"

    The Air Force recognizes the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and provides resources on how to prevent the crime from happening. One resource, Shelly Monahan-Cain, was invited for a second time to speak to the Airmen on base about her experiences.She spoke about her personal rape

  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight shares career field with students

    In conjunction with Air Force recruiters, Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight went to North Idaho College to share what EOD does for the Air Force April 12, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.EOD exhibited a pair of robots as well as other equipment used during deployments

  • Team Fairchild recognized at Best of the West Gala

    The West Plains Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Best of the West Awards Gala April 8 at the Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Washington, to recognize outstanding contributions to the local community, including Fairchild Air Force Base Airmen.The Team Fairchild members who received the

  • Lilac Princesses experience SERE mission

    The 2016 Lilac Festival Royal Court received a tour of the 336th Training Group Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school April 11 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.The Princesses observed a SERE water survival demonstration, learned basic water survival skills, watched a parachute jump

  • Through the flames

    Maj. Matthew Arnold, 336th Training Group chief of standards evaluations, and Tech. Sgt. Dean Criswell, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron NCO in charge of rescue operations, were honored with the Airmen's Medal April 8, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.The Airman's Medal is awarded to a