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  • 509th Weapons Squadron creates KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course

    Airmen assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron welcomed the addition of KC-46 Pegasus pilots responsible for creating the new KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base in May of 2023. The 509th WPS recruited six KC-46 instructor pilots from around the Air Force to build a syllabus

  • Darwin XAB showcases integrated ally and partner interoperability

    Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, participated in Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian 23 as an expeditionary hub for eight U.S. aircraft assigned to the 22nd and 92nd Air Refueling Wings conducting extensive endurance missions throughout the exercise. MG23 is a multi-national

  • Team Fairchild conducts Pride Flight

    Airmen participated in a Pride flight that honors the diverse backgrounds and strengths that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, plus Airmen bring to the Fairchild mission.

  • Team Fairchild Leads 100 Years of Aerial Refueling Celebration

    Airmen assigned the 92nd Air Refueling Wing and 141st Air Refueling Wing celebrated Operation Centennial Contact by demonstrating their capabilities over multiple states on June 27, 2023. The U.S. Air Force initiated OCC by tasking all tanker units to demonstrate their air refueling operations

  • Team Fairchild Leads 100 Years of Aerial Refueling Celebration

    Multiple KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing and the 141st Air Refueling Wing prepare for and perform a minimum interval takeoff at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 27, 2023. The movement, which included stops at Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore and

  • Defining MCA training for Fairchild’s mission

    A team of six Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base participated in the 509th Weapons School Integration 23A exercise to test tanker-specific multi-capable airmen training and practice agile combat employment concepts. Fairchild’s MCA program is developing specific MCA tier three training, creating

  • 509th Weapons Squadron supports SOF exercise, prepares for WSINT

    Airmen from the 509th Weapons Squadron integrated with the 14th Weapons Squadron providing air refueling for a special operations forces exercise at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 7-10. The purpose of the training for the 509th WPS was to expose its students to the Special Operations mission set and