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  • D.A.R.E. summer campers staying balanced, swinging high

    The Fairchild Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer hosted a summer camp for elementary age student Aug 20-24.Students who attended received a continuation of D.A.R.E messages they have already learned in school. Camp activities focused on team building skills through sports and teamwork events.

  • Base Picnic

    Team Fairchild servicemembers and their families participated in a base picnic here, Aug. 17 with activities including bouncing castles, a rappelling wall, a shirt painting booth, the Air Mobility Command Icon competition, free food and many other booths and activities.

  • Fairchild Airman receives new stripes, new bride

    He sat in class Monday through Friday for many hours attending the Senior NCO Professional Enhancement Seminar receiving insight into some of today's top Air Force issues, a refresher in the principles of leadership, followership and discussions about some of the challenges he may face as he begins

  • Team Fairchild welcomes new commander

    Members of Team Fairchild gathered today for the official change of command for the 92nd Air Refueling Wing.The new commander, Col. Brian Newberry, comes to Fairchild following a yearlong deployment as the operations group commander at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic.Colonel Newberry

  • Sixth CMSAF: Lead people instead of trying to manage them

    Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James McCoy visited Fairchild July 27 to be the guest speaker for the senior NCO induction ceremony. While at Fairchild, McCoy spoke at an enlisted all-call and toured the base talking with Airmen on many important subjects in particular, the chief focused

  • Fairchild Airman receives Bronze Star

    A Fairchild physician was awarded the Bronze Star Medal here recently for her service during Operation Enduring Freedom at Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul from June 2011 to March 2012.When asked about her medal, Capt. (Dr.) Leslee Kane, a Bozeman, Mont., native humbly said, "I was just doing my

  • Fairchild Deployed: Senior Airman Devin Reeves

    Every week, a member of the 376th Expeditionary Wing is selected as the Warrior of the Week. This individual is recognized based on outstanding performance, good conduct, work ethic and most importantly, for a job well done.Meet the Warrior of the Week -- Senior Airman Devin Reeves is a 376th

  • We do it better than anybody

    "We bring the word 'rapid' to rapid global mobility. We do it for allies, we do it for partners, and we do it for friends. We do it because we have to, because it is what Americans do, and we do it better than anybody," said Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay when he assumed command of the 18th Air Force here

  • Thunderbirds refuel over Washington

    F-16 Fighting Falcons from the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds get refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., July 19. The Thunderbirds are on their way to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Expo at McChord Field, July 21 to 22.Millions of people

  • 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander completes fini flight

    In a tradition nearly as old as military aviation itself, Col. Paul Guemmer, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, completed his final flight here on July 17.The colonel's last flight at Fairchild follows a tradition in which aircrew members, upon completion of their final flight with the wing, or