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  • Fairchild Deployed: Senior Airman Gregory Mitchell

    Every week, a member of the Transit Center at Manas team 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 Gregory Mitchell is an

  • The Justice Files: June

    Courts-MartialDuring the month of June 2012, one Air Force member assigned to Fairchild AFB was court-martialed for criminal offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A member can be tried by a general, special or summary court-martial under the UCMJ.An airman first class assigned to the

  • Fairchild Deployed: Tops in Blue performs at TCM

    Tops in Blue performed for deployed service members at the Transit Center at Manas, July 12, 2012. Tops in Blue is an expeditionary entertainment unit comprised of approximately 40 vocalists, musicians, dancers, audio and visual technicians from across the Air Force and is one of the most widely

  • Honoring our four legged friends

    They might walk on four legs, but they are Airmen nonetheless. Military working dogs Dakota and Golf were officially retired from duty in a ceremony at the kennel July 10."These wonderful dogs can now have a well-deserved retirement with a loving family," said Maj. Garon Shelton, 92nd Security

  • Local Boy Scout troops visit base, experience mission first-hand

    Two Boy Scout troops, 481 and 479, both from Spokane Valley, Wash., visited the base as they endeavored to complete their aviation merit badge here July 10.The boys, along with their troop leaders and parents, had an opportunity to better understand what it means to get a KC-135 Stratotanker in the

  • Fairchild's Finest: Airman 1st Class Ivan A Konvalin

    Name: Airman 1st Class Ivan A KonvalinUnit: 92nd Contracting SquadronDuty Title: Contracting SpecialistHometown: Boulder, Colo.Years in Service: 1Why I joined: I joined the Air Force because of my family's tradition of military service going back several generations.Family: NoFavorite aspect of job:

  • Fairchild's Finest: Airman 1st Class Virclay B. Irving

    Name: Airman 1st Class Virclay B. IrvingUnit: 92nd Civil Engineer SquadronDuty Title: Operations ManagementHometown: Dededo, GuamYears in Service: 2 yearsWhy I joined: Wanted to serve my country.Family: Wife - Dora Irving, 36 yrs old and two children - Nathaniel, 17 and Monique, 14Favorite aspect of

  • SERE’s Ross undergoes major reconstruction effort

    Airmen from across Team Fairchild joined together at the Roger A. Ross Dining Facility as it was reopened after a more than two month reconstruction effort for Aramark during a ribbon cutting ceremony here June 27.Aramark is a Fairchild culinary service which provides for much of the dining

  • Fairchild Deployed: TCM personnel busts FOD

    Air Force personnel conduct Foreign Object Debris walks across their flightlines in a continued effort to promote safety, surety and success for their pilots and mission.FOD is a substance, debris or article alien to a vehicle or system which would potentially cause damage to the aircraft's engines

  • Could you be the next ‘Fairchild Icon’?

    Fairchild Air Force Base is searching for the next Fairchild Icon. The Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol.Team Fairchild will conduct its base level talent show, karaoke style, Friday, Aug. 17 at 3 p.m. in Miller Park following the base picnic. Interested ID card