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  • Faithful to a proud heritage: Bret Bowers

    Millions of people around the United States observe Veterans Day in celebration of service members. For Idaho State native and former Air Force veteran, this holiday is observed every day.Bret Bowers, Mann-Grandstaff Veteran Affairs Medical Hospital Public Affairs officer and former a U.S. Air Force

  • Non-destructive inspections Airmen see the unseeable, keep KC-135 flying

    Airmen from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron NDI section are unique from other career fields because they use six different techniques to inspect aircraft parts without taking them apart, saving time while ensuring aircraft are safe. NDI methods include ultrasonic waves, fluorescent penetrant, magnetic

  • Inspirational Air Force POW visits Team Fairchild

    Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Ellis, Vietnam War F-4 Phantom pilot, describes the fateful night he and his comrade were shot down and captured during the Vietnam conflict to Team Fairchild Airmen as part of a monthly leadership speaker series, Oct. 8, at the base theater.The Fairchild Speaker

  • Vehicle Maintenance innovates, saves

    The 92nd LRS is the go-to shop for all of Team Fairchild’s ground vehicle maintenance and repairs, keeping the fleet of passenger cars, fire trucks, snow clearing machines and specialty cargo loading vehicles operational. They are essential to keeping the ground operations that support the base’s

  • 618th AOC enables Team Fairchild tanker operations

    Fragments of pulverized rocks, minerals and volcanic glass filled the air over the Aleutian Islands, just off the coast of Alaska and directly in the flight path of a Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker as it was about to fly out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

  • Keys to the jet: Journey toward becoming aircraft commander

    A driver’s license can be a rite of passage, a reflection of higher responsibility and a symbol of freedom to independently operate and command a vehicle. To military aviators, the achievement of a flight license isn’t the ultimate achievement—being certified as an aircraft commander is the next

  • Red Cross volunteers bolster 92nd MDG

    Team Fairchild’s 92nd Medical Group has partnered with the American Red Cross to improve processes within the base clinic in order to ensure that all dependents receive care and that Airmen are mission ready.

  • Refuel Team Fairchild podcast hits the airwaves

    Team Fairchild’s Education Center is the centerpiece for professional development opportunities that help Airmen achieve their personal and professional goals. In addition to Fairchild University, a flight commander’s course and several other courses and avenues, the Education Center now features a

  • Tanker in the air? Maintenance put it there

    Members from Team Fairchild’s 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron supported Team Fairchild’s KC-135 during a training mission with B-1B Lancers August 13-16 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

  • Honoring Lt. Col. Huston’s legacy: an untold story

    Lt. Col. Kenneth Huston, along with Col. Robert Wolff, Lt. Col. Arthur Holland and Lt. Col. Mark McGeehan, lost their lives in a B-52 Stratofortress crash while practicing for an airshow on June 24, 1994.