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  • Fairchild Airmen salute America during July Fourth celebration in Spokane

    Fairchild base leadership provided a patriotic message while the honor guard presented the colors during the opening ceremonies of the Spokane, Washington, July Fourth celebrations in Riverfront Park July 4.Col. Brian McDaniel, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, addressed nearly 5,000 people as

  • EES/WAPS briefing team to visit Fairchild July 9

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center, to include the AFPC commander, will conduct two town halls here July 9 to inform Airmen and supervisors on enlisted evaluation and promotion system changes.The two briefings will be held at the base theater, where space is

  • Decorations processing now initiated through virtual Personnel Center

    Supervisors of active duty Airmen can now use the virtual Personnel Center via myPers to initiate and track decorations throughout the review and approval process."The on-line application allows for automated routing and approval, in addition to pre-populating certain personnel data in the forms,"

  • Dry weather sparks severe fire danger across Inland Northwest

    Wildfires cost an average of more than $3 billion nationwide every year and far outweigh the cost of a 50-cent firework over the Fourth of July weekend, with more than 100,000 wildfires burning an average of four to five million acres of land nationwide each year and up to nine million acres in

  • SERE training squadron promotes leader

    Lt. Col. David Rea took the reigns as the 66th Training Squadron commander from Lt. Col. Jason Chandler here June 30.Rea previously served as the director of operations for the squadron.The change of command ceremony is an official, formal and brief ceremony that is the military's way of bestowing

  • Fairchild EFMP youth ride into summer on horseback

    Six children enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program from Team Fairchild attended a five-day horseback riding day camp in the Spokane, Washington, area June 22 to 26, where they learned how to interact with horses and spent the mornings riding in an arena and outside on trails. In the

  • Helicopter flight rotates leadership

    Lt. Col. Jason Snyder took the reigns as the 36th Rescue Flight commander from Maj. Jennings Marshall here June 25.Snyder joins Team Fairchild from his previous position as the Operation Officer of the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.The change of command ceremony

  • Medical support squadron receives new commander

    Lt. Col. Felicia Burks took the reigns as the 92nd Medical Support Squadron commander from Lt. Col. Richard Broyer here June 26.Burks joins Team Fairchild from her previous position as the 673rd Medical Group rescue management flight commander at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.The change of

  • June wing run held on flightline

    Members of Team Fairchild participated in the kickoff summer wing run here June 26.The run allowed Airmen to enhance their unit cohesion through team morale and welfare, and covered about 1.5 miles around the flightline, starting and ending near the 92nd Operations Support Squadron building.

  • Military Alliance members learn about importance of Fairchild mission

    Members of the Washington State Military Alliance toured components of Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 26.They were here to receive a mission briefing from the commanders of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, 141st ARW and 336th Training Group, and to get familiar with the missions of the