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  • Too cool for school: Airmen conquer arctic survival

    The piercing cold invading your lungs as your legs and hands begin to go numb. It is 50 degrees below zero and you have two hours of daylight before darkness envelopes your world. Every useable resource is gone, either burnt to ashes or crushed into oblivion. With only your knife, a few feet of

  • The key to innovation: YOU

    The question: in the current climate of fiscal constraints, how do we continue making the mission happen?Several years ago, the Air Force set out to solve this very issue. Thus was born a program called Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century an initiative where organizations reexamine their

  • It's raining cats and dogs at the Fairchild vet clinic

    While the Fairchild veterinary clinic exists for the military working dogs, it's actually only about ten percent of the veterinarian's work load."I see the military working dogs twice a year for routine exams and tests or as otherwise needed for medical treatment," said Katie Dull, base

  • Three-time public servant remembered

    Even after death J.J. continues to give back. Hundreds of pills counted with precision rest in orange-tinted , white-capped prescription bottles. Piled a foot high, they run the length of a long table in the back of the refill pharmacy. Here John Jarvis, Jr., has left his final mark on Fairchild Air

  • De-ice, de-ice baby: Maintenance team keeps Fairchild flying

    Stop. Collaborate and listen. Airmen are here with a very special mission.Maintainers from the 92nd and 141st Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons are ready 24/7 to counter the harsh winter conditions that would otherwise ground Fairchild's KC-135 Stratotankers. They are the de-icing crews who, since

  • Team Fairchild remembers Lt. Col. Michael Anderson

    "When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!"While most children dream of flying into space, Lt. Col. Michael Anderson made his dream a reality.Sadly that dream came to an end Feb. 1, 2003. Anderson was one of only a handful of African-American astronauts and was one of the seven crewmembers aboard

  • Honor Guard: To honor with dignity

    Throughout Air Force history, Air Force ceremonial guardsmen have honored the lives of military veterans with these words to their next-of-kin:"On behalf of the President of the United States, the Department of the Air Force, and a grateful nation, we offer our nation's flag for the faithful and

  • Auto Hobby Shop: more than just an oil change

    Maintenance is important, just ask anyone flying 50-year-old planes.Cars are no different, which is why the auto hobby shop offers Team Fairchild with an affordable and convenient way to maintain personal vehicles.The auto hobby shop comes equipped with 15 bays that have 15 lifts and a full line of

  • Award-winning spouse proves vital to 93rd ARS mission

    The craziest thing Megan Capelle and her husband, Michael, did in college was make a day trip to Wisconsin. After all, there was an air show that weekend and her fiancée wanted to become a pilot.Back then the two were enrolled in the University of Illinois. He was in the Air Force ROTC program and a

  • Let’s make 2013 the year of innovation

    Without a doubt, innovation is our Air Force's lifeblood. It started with the origins of powered flight in 1903 when the first flight lasted 13 seconds. Not satisfied, the world's first Airmen, Orville and Wilbur Wright, tinkered with success and propelled their heavier-than-air machine to soar 59