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  • Commitment to caring: AFAF taking care of Airmen

    Out of a six-week span, Fairchild is now four weeks into the 2012 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign. AFAF is an annual, on-the-job, fundraising effort conducted among Air Force personnel for the benefit of Air Force Personnel.This year's campaign, 'For the Airmen, By the Airmen', began March 26 and

  • Fairchild youth participate in Easter egg hunt

    Children from Team Fairchild participated in an Easter egg hunt in Miller Park here April 7.The event was sponsored by Balfour Beatty, the agency charged with managing housing on base, and was intended for children from ages 1 to 7, with two separate hunts to split up the different age groups.Some

  • Boys from local ranch experience EOD operations

    Boys from the Morning Star Boys Ranch toured the base here April 6 in a community relations sponsored event designed to afford local community members a chance to see Fairchild's Airmen in action and their mission here.The group had the opportunity to tour the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron's

  • Border Patrol Explorers visit Fairchild

    Border Patrol Explorer students from Oroville, Wash., visited the fire department here April 4.Firefighters from the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron showed students around the fire house allowing them to get a first-hand look of the station. The students were able to check out equipment such as, a

  • Airmen ensure jets are ready for takeoff

    Repair journeymen from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron perform required maintenance on tires for Fairchild's KC-135 Stratotankers here April 5.Over time the tires wear down and need to be replaced. In order for these Airmen to complete their portion of the mission, they must take apart and inspect

  • Fairchild dining facilities to get upgrades, facelifts

    The Roger A. Ross and Warrior dining facilities are scheduled to undergo some important construction furthering Aramark's ability to better serve Team Fairchild."I think it will really make a difference," said Staff Sgt. Samantha Ferrell, 92nd Force Support Squadron quality assurance and evaluation

  • Spokane community members visit base, experience mission first-hand

    A group of seven members of the Spokane community visited here March 28 to experience the 92nd Air Refueling Wing's mission first-hand."The purpose of flights like what [these community members] experienced is educational," said Col. Paul Guemmer, 92nd ARW commander. "In doing so, we share with our

  • Retired Marine recognizes Fairchild Airmen, presents gifts

    Retired Marine, Graham Crutchfield, visited with Fairchild Airmen here March 23 to pay his respects for their service and present them with a commemorative Buck knife displaying their branch of service, respectively.The event further strengthened the relationship shared among all who call themselves

  • Protocol performs color guard for reveille, retreat

    Members of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing's protocol office performed color guard for reveille and retreat here March 27.The U.S. military plays or sounds "reveille" in the morning, generally near sunrise, and "retreat" in the evening, generally near sunset, though their exact time vary from base to

  • “Hill’s” Kitchen - colonel serves food

    The 92nd Mission Support Group commander, Col. Mike Hill, served food to members of Team Fairchild here March 23 as he learned his Airmen's mission and got a better understanding of what it takes to feed the many mouths here.The colonel has been visiting with his units of the last couple months in