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  • Local Spokane boy lives dream as “Airman for a Day”

    A 10-year-old Spokane, Wash., boy, who has been fighting a cancerous tumor on his optic nerve and undergone 1.5 years of chemo therapy, had the opportunity to visit here May 4 thanks to a program started by Fairchild's Company Grade Officer's Council."When I was little, I would say, 'Hey mom! I'm

  • Retiree Appreciation Day is May 18

    The Retiree Activities Office here will be hosting a Retiree Appreciation Day May 18. All retirees and their families are encouraged to attend. The event will be held at the Deel Community Center from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be a briefing by the base commander or his representative. Among

  • Fairchild Airman's body found

    The Spokane County Sheriff's department recovered the body of Airman 1st Class James Lassiter, a student who was assigned to the 336th Training Group, in Long Lake Sunday afternoon.The discovery comes more than a month after Airman Lassiter went missing on the Spokane River March 31, 2012."We mourn

  • First refueling unit to reach 25,000 missions in single AOR

    The 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, stationed at the Transit Center at Manas, reached a milestone of 25,000 air refueling missions May 4.The 22 EARS provides one-third of the aerial refueling for coalition aircraft supporting international efforts in Afghanistan.During the past year, 22

  • Girl Scouts donate cookies to Fairchild deployers

    The Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Idaho donated more than 500 crates of cookies to Fairchild's deployers here May 1.The cookies will be set out when Fairchild servicemembers leave and return from deployment operations worldwide. More than 10 percent of Fairchild Airmen are deployed

  • 5K Dash!

    Airmen from all squadrons here participated in a "Find Your Stride 5K" run around base April 27, starting and ending at Miller Park. The 5K was a Squadron Team Competition for Commander's Fitness points as well as an individual "Fun Run". The run was open to all Fairchild Air Force Base units,

  • 18th Air Force leadership visits Fairchild

    Charting a path to continued success during uncertain strategic and fiscal environments was a key theme shared by the 18th Air Force commander during a visit here April 24 to 26.Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, accompanied by his wife, Patty, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Williams, 18th

  • Cancer survivor receives second service dog

    A Team Fairchild community member received his second service dog from Canine Assistants during an event at the base commissary here April 27.Daniel Swanson, an 18-year-old Spokane, Wash., resident, was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 7 years old. Since then, he's struggled with reduced