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What goes up must come down

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Staff Sgt. Julie Chilton, 92nd Operations Support Squadron, slides down the life chute Sept. 24. This training is done annually to practice egress procedures from Fairchild’s Air Traffic Control Tower. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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What goes up must come down

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – The 92nd Operations Support Squadron practiced egress procedures from Fairchild’s Air Traffic Control Tower Sept. 24 using the 112-foot long Baker Life Chute. The chute is used to quickly and safely evacuate Airmen from the six-story tower. Airmen must keep their bodies straight and their hands above their heads to safely take the plunge. Airmen can also control the speed of their descent with their legs. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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What goes up must come down

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Brooks, 92nd Operations Support Squadron chief controller, performs a visual inspection on the life chute Sept. 24. This training is done annually to practice egress procedures from Fairchild’s Air Traffic Control Tower. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Sammy Rabbit visits Michael Anderson Elementary

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Maxim Ward, fourth grader at Michael Anderson Elementary School, gives knuckles to Sammy Rabbit after an entertaining and educational performance at Michael Anderson Sept. 23. “From every dollar save a dime,” was one of Sammy Rabbit’s main messages expressed to more than 300 students at the school. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jocelyn A. Ford)
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Sammy Rabbit visits Michael Anderson Elementary

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Maxim Ward, fourth grader at Michael Anderson Elementary School, gives knuckles to Sammy Rabbit after an entertaining and educational performance at Michael Anderson Sept. 23. “From every dollar save a dime,” was one of Sammy Rabbit’s main messages expressed to more than 300 students at the school. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jocelyn A. Ford
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Sammy Rabbit visits Michael Anderson Elementary

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Sam X Renick, author, shows off the illustrations from his book as he reads to more than 300 students at Michael Anderson Elementary School Sept. 23. Mr. Renick is the founder and CEO of “It’s A Habit!” Company whose mission is to provide educational and entertaining tools across the globe that encourage good habits, especially the good habit of saving money. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jocelyn A. Ford)
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Spouses receive orientation flight

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Spouses of deployed members from Fairchild pose before boarding a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 24. The spouses took part in an orientation flight as part of an ongoing program that familiarizes spouses with a routine operational day. The day included a preflight brief, a four-hour flight and a post brief. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Armed forces committee luncheon held once a year at Fairchild

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Robert Thomas, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, mingles with prominent members of the local community at Club Fairchild Sept. 23. An assortment of business leaders, volunteers and military leaders gather once a year at Fairchild to become acquainted and brief their individual missions. (U.S. Air force photo / Airman 1st Class Melissa Barnett)
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Armed forces committee luncheon held once a year at Fairchild

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Robert Thomas stands to introduce himself as the new 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander at the armed forces committee luncheon at Club Fairchild Sept. 23. An assortment of business leaders, volunteers and military leaders gather once a year at Fairchild to become acquainted and brief their individual missions. (U.S. Air force photo / Airman 1st Class Melissa Barnett)
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MatchUP game ends with big winners

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Members from the 62nd Airlift Wing crowd around Staff Sgt. Ramona Gochin, grand prize winner for the AMC MatchUP game that ended Aug. 31. Sergeant Gochin won $10,000. The other two winners, Austin Moore, son of Maj. Robert Moore, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and Airman 1st Class Matthew Park, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., won the $7,000 and $5,000 cash prizes respectively. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
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Rescue Flight saves stranded camper

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – A five-man rescue team dispatched in a Uh-1N Huey helicopter from the 36th Rescue Flight here save a stranded man near Mount Daniel, Wash., in the Cascade Mountain Range. The evacuation point was about 140 nautical miles west of Fairchild, and though the landing was “a little tighter than we usually go into,” according to co-pilot Capt. Chris Johnson, the crew successfully teamed with the Kings County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team from Seattle, Wash., to evacuate the victim to an ambulance headed for Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jacob Bragg)
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Rescue Flight saves stranded camper

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Capt. Cameron Clement, physician’s assistant with the 336th Training Support Squadron here, administers medical aid in a UH-1N Huey helicopter Sept. 18 to a 39-year-old man who had been stranded in the Cascade Mountains since Sept. 12. Captain Clement was part of a five-man team dispatched from Fairchild to evacuate the wounded man to a waiting ambulance. “We’ve got a great bunch of professionals flying here,” said Col. Scott Greene, 336th Training Support Group commander in praise of the crewmembers. “These guys performed outstandingly; I’m really proud of them.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Jacob Bragg)
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Chief Master Sgt. David Nordel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief

Chief Master Sgt. David Nordel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief
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Fairchild in the running for Installation Excellence Award

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Briefly following a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival demonstration, Othello Richards, KREM 2 News reporter, interviews Col. Nicholas Desport, Air Mobility Command Installation Excellence Award inspection team Sept. 15, about what was being inspected and why Fairchild was chosen as one of the three finalists. An award of one million dollars to be used for base improvement will go to the Air Force first place winner. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Melissa Barnett)
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Fairchild welcomes new commander

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Robert Thomas, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, gives his first speech to Team Fairchild during a wing change-of-command ceremony here Sept.17. Colonel Thomas, moved to Fairchild from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Fairchild welcomes new commander

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott III, 18th Air Force commander, presents Col. Robert Thomas, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, with the guide-on during the 92nd ARW change-of-command ceremony here Sept. 17. Colonel Thomas succeeds Col. Tom Sharpy, whose next assignment is in Washington D.C., as the wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Retreat commemorates 9/11

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Team Fairchild Airmen stand at parade rest during a Patriot’s Day Retreat here Sept. 11. Almost 1,000 Fairchild Airmen and guests from Spokane, Wash., attended the ceremony commemorating the men and women who died in the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Retreat commemorates 9/11

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Three members of Fairchild’s Honor Guard lower the American flag during a Patriot’s Day Retreat here Sept. 11. After lowering the flag, the Honor Guard members folded it and presented it to Col. Thomas Sharpy, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, during the formal commemoration of the men and women who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Since that day seven years ago, 1.3 million people have served in the United States military in support of the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Retreat commemorates 9/11

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Thomas Sharpy, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, speaks to a crowd of almost 1,000 Airmen and guests during a Patriot’s Day Retreat here Sept. 11. The ceremony was held in honor of the men and women who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, seven years ago. The colonel, who was serving at the White House in Washington D.C., as Senior Military Aide to the Vice President of the United States during the attacks, thanked attending Airmen for their service to the United States and the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. JT May III)
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Major’s son hits the jackpot

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Thomas Sharpy, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, throws Maj. Robert Moore, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, a high five to congratulate him on his son’s second place finish in Air Mobility Command’s MATCH-UP 2008 game Sept. 8. The major’s son, Austin, won $7,000. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Joshua Chapman)
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