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  • Event honors fallen heroes

    Team Fairchild, the Spokane community and the families and friends of fallen veterans gathered to place wreaths upon veterans' burial stones in support of Wreaths Across America at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash., Dec. 13, 2014.The Wreaths Across America event is

  • Tool to safeguard PII integrated AF-wide

    Air Force officials integrated the Digital Signature Enforcement tool Air Force-wide Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Mutual-aid HAZMAT exercise strengthens response capabilities

    Team Fairchild hosted it's first-ever mutual-aid hazardous materials emergency response training exercise with members of the Spokane, Wash. emergency responders here, Dec. 8-11.Agencies involved include Spokane City Fire Department, Kootenai County emergency management, Spokane City EM, a 92nd

  • The Boom Podcast, Dec. 12

    This week Staff Sgt. D.J. Ayres and Senior Airman Corrine Jones discuss the change of tobacco prices on military bases, the ceremonial end in the Afghan combat mission, bomber training area expansion and much more. This is Senior Airman Jones's last episode.YouTube:

  • Fairchild Airman selected for commission

    A Fairchild Airman was 1 of 10 candidates selected for commission Nov. 10 as part of the Biomedical Science Corp Direct Accession Program. Tech. Sgt. Vikas Kumar, the 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace and physiology flight NCO in charge, competed against enlisted, line officers and cadets

  • Operation Cookie Drop a success

    Spokane's Lilac Festival FAB 14 assisted the Officer's Spouses Club with Operation Cookie Drop Dec. 8 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.Operation Cookie Drop is an annual event where they drop distribute bags of cookies to the Airmen living in the dormitories here.

  • Fairchild Airman convicted of indecent communication

    On Nov. 21, Staff Sgt. Julian S. Phillips, 92nd Security Forces Squadron, was found guilty at general court-martial of two allegations of wrongful communication, two allegations of making indecent remarks to female coworkers, and one charge of wrongfully using his government computer to send

  • The Boom Podcast, Dec. 5

    Check out the latest edition of Fairchild's The Boom Podcast on YouTube and iTunes.This week Staff Sgt. D.J. Ayres and Senior Airman Corrine Jones talk about military pay cuts, Fairchild airmen and the KC-46, the VFW view's on women veterans and much more.YouTube:

  • Airmen, families gather for annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony

    Members of Team Fairchild gather in front of the base chapel to witness the annual tree lighting ceremony Dec. 1.The ceremony marks the start of the holiday season. It included a singing performance from Michael Anderson Elementary School students and a visit from Santa.