Chief Rix's ride

Chief Master Sgt. Shannon Rix, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief master sergeant, rides with Airman 1st Class Mary Dunkley, 92nd Maintenance Squadron fuels technician, as part of the Air Force procession during the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Parade May 20, 2107, Spokane Washington. A Fairchild Air Force Base KC-135 Stratotanker flew over downtown Spokane as a signal to start the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Young hopeful

A boy salutes a passing formation of Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base during the annual Lilac Festival Torchlight Armed Forces Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. The estimated annual attendance of the festival is over 150,000 people. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Parade formation

Participants of the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade line up at the starting line near Riverfront Park May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. Dozens of civilian and military groups from across the region donated time and floats for the parade.(U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Line up to march

Fairchild Air Force Base Airmen stand in formation while preparing to march in the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. The parade is the highlight of the Spokane's annual Lilac Festival, the one of the nation's largest military appreciation events. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Parading honor guard

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard march ahead of the main Airmen formation during the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. Honor guard teams represent the highest form of military professionalism by preforming in hundreds of events each year. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Lt. Col. Ross Gleason, 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron commander, leads a flight of Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base as they march in the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. The local gardening clubs that originally created the Lilac Festival were also known to have shown military support by giving lilacs to soldiers passing through Spokane on troop trains during World War 2. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Veteran giving honors

A veteran gives a salute to passing Fairchild Air Force Base Airmen during the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. The Lilac Festival began as a local gardening club that held annual flower shows, later merging the event with the Armed Forces day in 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Col. Samuelson and family

Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, rides with his family as part of the procession during the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade May 20, 2017, Spokane, Washington. The city of Spokane and it's residents have supported the U.S. Armed Forces with Lilac Festival events since 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Fairchild Airmen march in Armed Forces Torchlight Parade

Published May 22, 2017
By Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --

Chief Rix's ride

Young hopeful

Parade formation

Line up to march

Parading honor guard

Left right left

Veteran giving honors

Col. Samuelson and family