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  • DOD notified of OPM cybersecurity incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced June 4 that a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government

  • Latest issue of Airman magazine now available

    In this issue of Airman magazine, you'll meet Airmen who are assigned to Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, who have a vastly different deployment experience than most others in the Air Force, where they operate from Creech AFB and come home to their families at the end of their shift. They're

  • Children endure firefighter gauntlet

    Children from Fairchild's Youth Summer Program participated in a summer youth fire prevention camp, hosted by the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, here July 1.The summer youth fire prevention camp featured smoke house training, fire extinguisher training, inflatable fire trucks and special

  • Fairchild engineers gear their leader for command

    Lt. Col. Ross Gleason took the reins from Lt. Col. Jason Campbell as the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron commander here July 6.Gleason joins Team Fairchild from his previous command as the deputy chief, Readiness Division, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.The

  • 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