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  • Injured Idaho hiker rescued by Fairchild crews

    Fairchild Airmen rescued a 36-year-old female rock climber Sept. 20 near Priest Lake, Idaho, after she suffered injuries to her face, lower leg and foot.The victim, Ammi Midstokke, had just summited the west side of Chimney Rock and was making her way across the Talus Fields on the afternoon of

  • Fairchild holds National POW/MIA Recognition Day

    Team Fairchild hosted a National Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day retreat ceremony in front of the wing headquarters building here Sept. 19.The ceremony was held to remember and honor prisoners of war and those missing in action. This day is one of six days that Congress has

  • POW/MIA ruck march pays tribute

    Members of Team Fairchild held a 5K Prisoner of War and Missing In Action ruck march in Miller Park here, Sept. 19, affording participants an opportunity to ruck and pay tribute to those who were captured, missing or gave their lives while serving their country.The event was used as a way to

  • From baling hay to lifting hearts

    Fairchild Airmen volunteered to help move hay bales at Rocky Cove Youth Ranch in Tum Tum, Washington, Sept. 15. Airmen volunteered at the ranch to help them get ready for the Healing Hearts through horses program held there.  The ranch designed the program to help foster children and troubled youth

  • CFC kicks off at Fairchild

    Fairchild kicked off its annual Combined Federal Campaign here Sept. 1. The CFC is the world's largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign, with more than 150 CFC national and international campaigns raising millions of dollars each year. Defense Department employees nationwide

  • Boy Scouts get a glance at Air Force life

    Boy Scouts from Troop 400 toured Fairchild Air Force Base Sept. 15 to gain a better understanding of how the base supports the Air Force mission. Tour elements included a KC-135 Stratotanker and a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter, which served to increase the scouts’ understanding of their community.  

  • EWU professors visit Fairchild

    The 92nd Air Refueling Wing Equal Opportunity staff invited Dr. LaToya Brackett, Eastern Washington University Africana coordinator, and Gayla Thomas, EWU director of equal opportunity, to speak at the first EO Let's Talk Leadership Seminar held at the Red Morgan Event Center here Sept. 16.EWU

  • Students participate in active shooter exercise

    The 92nd Security Forces Squadron and 336th Training Group students participated in an active shooter training here Sept. 16.The training is designed to prepare 92nd SFS personnel to respond to a shooting incident in a school or work center.Run-hide-fight is the response technique for all base

  • Airmen practice pollution prevention daily

    The Air Force and Team Fairchild join American's nationwide for Pollution Prevention Week Sept. 15-21 by taking steps to prevent pollution and committing to health, planet and money saving actions.The service continues its efforts to educate the public about pollution prevention and reducing the

  • Honor Guard presents colors for concert fans

    Members from the Fairchild Air Force Base honor guard perform the colors on stage for thousands of fans during the "Rock Hard at the Park" concert tour Sept. 11, 2014, in Post Falls, Idaho. The honor guard is a congressionally-mandated program to provide well trained, highly professional members to