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  • Looking Back: Fairchild Airman once awarded highest honor

    As we approach the end of July, I'm reminded of a truly remarkable event in the heritage of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing that occurred July 26, 1943. The lineage and honors of the 92nd ARW date back to the 92nd Bombardment Group of World War II, a B-17 unit that displayed extraordinary heroism over

  • Outdoor Recreation offers rentals for summer fun

    Outdoor Recreation has a plethora of both outdoor adventures and equipment to make your summer more enjoyable and get the work done faster so you can get to the fun stuff quicker. We rent lawn and garden equipment from full size aerators and thatches to mini-rototillers and lawn mowers and

  • Combat Hapkido classes offered on Fairchild

    To combine, unite or join internal energy and life force within a system or method -- that is a conceptual translation of Hapkido, a system of martial arts that focuses on self-defense, deflection and discipline. Combat Hapkido classes are offered at the base gym by Staff Sgt. Thomas Locke, 66th

  • Race of the Ranks inspires competition, camaraderie on Team Fairchild

    The stage was set, the music was on, and Col. Scott Greene, 336th Training Group commander, gave some opening remarks kicking off the first Race of the Ranks Relay. The Race of the Ranks Relay took place April 22 on the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape side base. The relay was a half mile

  • Fairchild Airman competes with Air Force wrestling team

    An Airman from the 66th Training Squadron recently returned from competing with the Air Force wrestling team and travelling to Mountain Home, Idaho; Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Senior Airman Eddie Fore, 66th TRS Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist water survival

  • Dachau liberator speaks at Holocaust remembrance ceremony

    The Holocaust. For many, these words bring a sense of unease, looking back on the horrors created by the Nazi regime. For one man, these words bring back a poignant, first-hand memory. The memory of the day he and his battalion liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Dachau. Dee Eberhart was there

  • Saving the Brave: Doctors’ Day honors sacrifice of doctors

    Navy clinical psychologist Heidi Kraft, Ph.D., learned her toughest lesson in Iraq. She wrote a moving memoir, "Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital," about her time serving and titled it after a line from the television show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one

  • Airmen to the rescue!

    A normal day of snowboarding and skiing at Mt. Spokane ended with Fairchild Airmen serving as Good Samaritans to one unfortunate man on the way down the mountain. Even after a long arduous day of hitting the slopes, the Airmen didn't hesitate to help a person in need. The day began with a

  • Survivor of Battle of Mogadishu speaks at 336th

    Keni Thomas, country singer and former Army Ranger, visited the 336th Training Squadron Feb. 27 to talk about his experiences in Somalia and to highlight the importance of leadership, and each person's place as part of the bigger puzzle. As they completed the mission in the city of Mogadishu,

  • AADD offers hope in desperate situation

    By now you have probably heard of the new Airmen Against Drunk Driving campaign and should have received a blue card bearing the phone numbers of Spokane Cab, Stars & Stripes, Fox's Dispatch and the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Command Post. AADD has entered into a partnership with local taxi companies