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  • Fairchild Airmen serving vets

    Airmen from Team Fairchild took time to visit with veterans at the Spokane Veterans Home here June 13.The group of Airmen served the veterans lunch and also took time to eat and share stories with them about service and commitment to the nation's armed forces.View the slideshow.

  • Details for upcoming voter’s week

    Armed Forces Voters Week is June 28 through July 7. Military members and their families are reminded to register to vote and request absentee ballots as the national conventions draw near and the general election for president draws near.Unfortunately, there are some myths circulating the Fairchild

  • Fairchild Deployed: Personal trainers at TCM keep members fit to fight

    It could be producing a detailed conditioning program, demonstrating proper weightlifting technique, offering motivational encouragement or answering a fitness question. Regardless of the request, fitness center personnel at the Transit Center at Manas are available to assist service members with

  • Fairchild's Airmen ace bi-annual inspection

    Fairchild passed with flying colors a bi-annual inspection this month on its new flightline, just 7 months after the base's runway reopening following almost a year of reconstruction.Air Mobility Command inspectors from Scott AFB, Ill., gave Fairchild overwhelming positive feedback about the safety

  • Fairchild AFB earns top energy conservation award

    The base earned honors for its energy and water conservation efforts in 2011. "It was a bit of a surprise," Bill Turner, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron energy manager. "We're so focused on how we are currently saving energy to improve quality of life and always looking to improve in the future." The

  • Social media guidance available

    Social media can be a force multiplier in keeping America informed about its Air Force, but it can equally bring discredit to the service if Airmen use the tool to make inappropriate comments.In conjunction with the Air Force release of its updated social media guide, the 18th Air Force Vice

  • 87 Forgotten Heroes remembered in Moses Lake

    Korean War veterans, families and friends and community members honored 87 "Forgotten Heroes" of a tragic Air Force C-124A Globemaster crash nearly six decades ago, at what was then Larson Air Force Base, during a memorial dedication ceremony at the Grant County International Airport here June 9. As

  • 36th RQF finds new home with 58th SOG

    The 36th Rescue Flight here held a transfer of authority ceremony June 7, during which Col. William Thomas, 336th Training Group commander, passed responsibility of the 36th RQF to Col. Dagvin Anderson, 58th Operations Group commander, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M."I am confident that this

  • Fairchild Deployed: Senior Airman Cory Douglas

    Every week, a member of the 376th Air 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 Cory Douglas is a 376