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"Ashtermath"

A 92nd avionics maintenance Airman sweeps ash from the Mt. St. Helens eruption off the flight line, May 18, 1980, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class David McLeod)

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"Ashtermath"

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Bombardment Wing and beyond

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo, former 446th Military Air Wing command chief, started out his Air Force career in 1951 by attending basic military training at what was then Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio; Texas. Once at Fairchild, Hugo was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Wing's 92nd Field Maintenance Squadron until March of 1995. (Courtesy photo)

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Bombardment Wing and beyond

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo, former 446th Military Air Wing command chief, started out his Air Force career in 1951 by attending basic military training at what was then Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio; Texas. "When we graduated we were really looking forward to getting to an Air Force base," said Hugo. "We were stationed at Fairchild, and it was just like going home." Hugo stands with the then 92nd Bombardment Wing sign. (Courtesy photo)

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Smiling Strong

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Victor Hugo, former 446th Military Air Wing command chief, started out his Air Force career in 1951 by attending basic military training at what was then Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio; Texas. "At the time, we didn't even have an official Air Force uniform," said Hugo. "We were still transitioning from the Army Air Corps to the United States Air Force." Hugo is seen here in his former Air Force uniform. (Courtesy photo)

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Money, manpower and minutes

(U.S. Air Force graphic/Airman 1st Class Nicollo Daniello)

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AF COOL

(U.S. Air Force graphic)

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Logistics Airman hikes for fallen EOD brothers

Tech. Sgt. Stacy Trosine, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron flight service center NCO in charge, poses for a photo with her kids July 18, 2015, atop Mt. Spokane, Wash., during a day hike in preparation for her 36-day, 710-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail on behalf of the EOD Warrior Foundation and her fallen brothers in arms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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Challenge yourself: Never give up, never quit

(U.S. Air Force graphic/Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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Achieving full functionality

A defibrillator sits in its ideal working state following maintenance June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance office is tasked with keeping all medical devices on base certified and in proper working condition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Awaiting refitting

A dental sterilizer awaits replacement of its outer wall June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance office keeps this sterilizer on hand for testing and reference purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Putting the sterilizer back together

Staff Sgt. Logan Kendrick, 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance NCO in charge, reinstalls a component of the office’s test dental sterilizer June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The medical maintenance office carries a good degree of creative freedom relative to other Air Force offices because of their lack of Technical Orders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Testing the guinea pig

Staff Sgt. Logan Kendrick, 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance NCO in charge, removes a component of his office’s test dental sterilizer June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Dental sterilizers require a complex interplay of electronics, water and steam that makes their repair requirements sophisticated. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Awaiting the functionality test

Staff Sgt. Logan Kendrick, 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance NCO in charge, makes adjustments to a patient simulator as an attached defibrillator occupies the foreground June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Defibrillators are one of the most commonly tested and critical medical devices at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Synchronizing the mechanisms

Staff Sgt. Logan Kendrick, 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance NCO in charge, tests the functionality of a defibrillator June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Kendrick supervises two junior enlisted Airmen who assist him in maintaining certification for all of Fairchild’s medical devices. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Hooking the mechanism together

Staff Sgt. Logan Kendrick, 92nd Medical Support Squadron medical maintenance NCO in charge, connects a defibrillator to patient simulators June 18, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Kendrick’s office is responsible for maintaining standards of medical equipment used at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Where the administration happens

The administration building of the City of Spokane’s Solid Waste Disposal agency sits across the parking lot from the Waste to Energy Facility near Spokane, Wash., June 16, 2015. Different municipalities across the eastern Washington region, including Fairchild Air Force Base, send some of their waste to the plant where it is converted into enough energy to power 13,000 homes a day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Powering the Spokane area with trash

A multi-story generator tubing occupies a portion of the interior of the City of Spokane’s Waste to Energy plant near Spokane, Wash., June 16, 2015. The generators burn much of the waste, including some from Fairchild Air Force Base, down to an ore-like state, turning ten truckloads of refuse into one truckload of ash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Your trash at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit

Waste burns in one of the two incinerators at the City of Spokane Waste to Energy plant near Spokane, Wash., June 16, 2015. Garbage and other forms of refuse, some of which come from Fairchild Air Force Base, is disintegrated at more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the plant to generate power for the Spokane area and elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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Looking into the blaze

A student looks into the window of one of two incinerators at the City of Spokane Waste to Energy plant in Spokane, Wash., June 16, 2015. Steam is generated by running water pipes heated by the fire from the burning of the materials, some of which come from Fairchild Air Force Base, which is then captured for municipal power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Fogleman)

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