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  • Affordable Care Act coverage mandate not a concern for service members

    The health insurance exchange mandate of the Affordable Care Act has been formally implemented Oct. 1 via the Health Insurance Marketplace at www.healthcare.gov .According to a recent article by the Air Force Personnel Center, the new law stipulates that most Americans get health coverage in 2014 or

  • Fairchild prepares for self-assessment

    The 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings will be the first KC-135 Total Force Integration organization to implement the Unit Effectiveness Inspection, a higher headquarters external evaluation of wing performance based on four major graded areas: 1) Leading People; 2) Executing the Mission; 3)

  • Team Fairchild awarded for Spokane Lilac Festival support

    Spokane Lilac Festival officers Cecelia Stephens, co-president, and Myron Bursell, Civic Military Affairs Committee vice president, presented the Spokane Lilac Festival Partner Award to Col. Brian Newberry, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, and Team Fairchild during a Wing stand up meeting Sept.

  • Boxing veteran trains ringside with Fairchild Airmen

    Growing up in a professional boxing home, with constant training, matches and running his family's boxing camp, Coach Danny Graves has grown to appreciate the fine art of his intense sport and now shares that appreciation with Fairchild Airmen. Graves, age 68, is currently a coach for the USA

  • Government shutdown impacts to Fairchild

    Due to the government shutdown that went into effect at midnight on Oct. 1., several agencies have closed and DOD civilians have been furloughed until further notice.The morning of Oct. 1, all Fairchild personnel reported for duty. All non-excepted DOD personnel received furlough notices directing

  • Essay winner wins for the second year in a row

    Club members and their families were given the opportunity to win an Air Force Clubs Membership Scholarship this year by submitting a one page 500 word essay on "who or what inspires you to be successful and why?"A total of 156 entries were submitted to the Directorate of Services, Operations