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Air Attaches visit base, community

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  • By By Staff Sgt. Kristian Carter
  • 92nd ARW Public Affairs
FAIRCHILD AFB, Wash. --  Seventy-five members of an air attaché group visited base and community facilities and leaders June 8-10.
The attachés are touring the United States to get exposure to military and civilian industry and culture.
“They are on a public relations visit to get a feel for the various missions in the Air Force, and see how bases operate and interface with the surrounding communities,” said Lt. Col. Scott Musser, 92nd Air Refueling Squadron commander and the point of contact for the attaché visit.
More than 100 people from all of the groups were involved in the tour, which was lauded in an e-mail from Lt. Gen. Arthur Lichte, the assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force. General Lichte commented on the attention to detail and professionalism shown by everyone the attachés encountered at Fairchild.
The Foreign Air Attaché Corps is comprised of 102 foreign countries that have attachés assigned on a three year tour of duty. It provides opportunities for foreign attachés of those embassies to tour the United States, said Bo Smith, 92nd Air Refueling Wing protocol chief.
The program, which is directed by the chief of staff of the Air Force, and led by the assistant vice-chief of staff of the Air Force, focuses on three areas: Exposure to different mission areas of the Air Force, exposure to U.S. culture and interaction with industry and other external organizations including community leaders, Ms. Smith said.
After arriving on Thursday, the attachés’ aircraft was greeted by base leadership before continuing onto the base education center to start the tour.
Following briefing by the education center’s director, Nancy Atkinson, the group visited Spokane Industries, which builds the aviation fuel bowsers used on base.