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  • Airman 1st Class Elijah Simmons, 92nd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Fuel Systems Squadron apprentice, prepares to enter a fuel tank training module, a section of a former KC-135 Stratotanker wing, during a training session at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Nov. 21, 2017. Fuel leaks on an aircraft can be a disaster mid-air or prevent an aircraft from possessing enough fuel pressure to even take off, making it a critical part of maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan Lackey)

    Fuel cell Airmen plug leaks, keep fleet flying

    Airmen of the 92nd MXS Aircraft Fuel Systems Flight have one of the more dangerous jobs in the business of keeping aircraft flying. In a lone hangar at the edge of the flight line, these airmen tackle the delicate operation of repairing leaking aircraft and repairing faulty fuel plumbing systems.
  • Mary Puffet Cook, 92nd Medical Group Family Advocacy Office nurse, works with a new parent on their baby’s motor skills during a water babies class at the Fitness Center at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 16, 2018. Newborns learn through a parent’s eye contact, movements and music during the class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jesenia Landaverde)

    Family Advocacy empowers new parents

    Fairchild’s Family Advocacy Office offers the New Parent Support Program to provide knowledge and tools to enable new parents to take better care of their babies.
  • Tech. Sgt. Joshua Pagel, 66th Training Squadron military training leader flight chief, talks with students during formation Jan. 16, 2018, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Pagel is one of five MTLs assigned to the 66th TRS to assist transitioning Airmen between Basic Military Training and their first duty stations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mackenzie Richardson)

    Taking a step outside of their AFSC: Military Training Leader

    Military training leaders are non-commissioned officers vectored through the Developmental Special Duty program to assist transitioning Airmen between BMT and their first duty stations.
  • MLK

    Dream big

    “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”These words were spoken to over a quarter million people at the National Mall in 1963. King’s blood, sweat and tears were integral
  • The Air Force Career Skills Program affords transitioning Airmen an opportunity during their final 180 days of their active-duty service to participate in apprenticeships, internships and job shadowing opportunities in the civilian workforce. (U.S. Air Force photo/Courtesy Photo)

    DOD program links Airmen to career opportunities

    After 7,300 days of serving in the military, Airmen find themselves reaching retirement, discovering new interests and choosing a place to make their forever home.
  • Football

    NCO scores resilience through football

    Airmen all use different ways to stay resilient. Some Airmen do crafts, some Airmen play a sport and some Airmen play video games.For Staff Sgt. Michael Clark, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Command Post emergency controller, he plays a popular football video game competitively and has had quite the success with it recently. He won first place during a
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    Communications Squadron rolls out sweeping upgrades

    The Department of Defense decided last year to do a force-wide computer hardware upgrades that utilize the latest Windows 10 operating systems, with the U.S. Air Force conversion to be completed by March 31, 2018.
  • Tech. Sgt. Kyle Hiener, 336th Training Support Squadron field’s operations NCO in-charge, operates a motor-grader to remove snow from roads in the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Dec. 7, 2017. These Airmen are known throughout the Air Force as Civil Engineer “Dirt Boys,” but when they’re a part of the 336th Training Support Squadron, they’re called “Road Runners.” The Road Runners operate various vehicles to clear back roads in the National Forest, to include: motor graders, loaders, bulldozers and dump trucks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)

    Road Runners enable AF Survival School mission

    Seventy miles north of Fairchild, in the depths of the Colville National Forest, Airmen stand ready to fight below freezing temperatures, 50 plus inches of snow a year, all the while maintaining 450 miles of forested backroads within the 455 thousand acres of the 336th Training Group Survival School training area.
  • Tech Sgt. Chadwick Myers, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of Command Support Squadron, poses for photo at Fairchild Air Force Base, Dec. 12, 2017. Myers volunteered to take the roles of the safety NCO in charge, the building custodian and the unit safety manager. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jesenia Landaverde)

    Fairchild's Finest: Tech Sgt. Chadwick Myers

    Tech. Sgt. Chadwick Myers, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of Command Support Staff, is selected as Fairchild's Finest.
  • Senior Airman Co Nguyen, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron logistics journeyman, teaches a group of Fairchild Airmen about chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear equipment during an exercise, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington Nov. 30, 2017. Emergency management instructors are extensively trained on all CBRN gear using live agents to help them build confidence in their equipment and our methods of detecting and decontaminating contaminants. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Sean Campbell)

    Mobility Airmen sharpen chemical defense skills

    Dozens of Airmen disembarked from the buses, hailing from many of the base offices and shops. The instructors emerged from the tent classrooms to greet the more than 100 trainees for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Ability to Survive and Operate training.
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