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Fairchild, others take part in the "Missing in America" Project

A retired Army Honor Guard bugler performs “Taps” at the honor service. The honor service was for 62 veterans and two spouses who were recovered and identified for placement.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild, others take part in the "Missing in America" Project

Airman 1st Class Christopher Schafer, Fairchild Honor Guard, salutes after placing the remains of a veteran in the Columbarium Wall during the honor service. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild, others take part in the "Missing in America" Project

Senior Airman Gary Allen, Fairchild Honor Guard, carries the remains of a veteran to the Columbarium Wall during the honor service. A final resting place and full honors were provided for 62 veterans and two spouses. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild, others take part in the "Missing in America" Project

Airman 1st Class Martin Felix Manchado, Fairchild Honor Guard, places the remains of a veteran in the Columbarium Wall during the honor service. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild, others take part in the "Missing in America" Project

Members of the Fairchild Honor Guard post the colors during the honor service. The final resting place and full honors were provided for 62 veterans and two spouses. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild, others take part in "Missing in America" Project

Col. Marc Van Wert, 92nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander, speaks during an honor service for the Missing in America Project at Washington State Veteran’s Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash., Sept. 12. The honor service is the largest mass honor service for the Missing in America Project in the nation to date. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Rescue

Paulette Kirby sits on her bed at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., Aug. 18 surrounded by the Fairchild four-man helicopter crew who rescued her from Thompson Pass, Idaho the day before. Pictured from left to right from the 36th Rescue Flight are: (Capt. John Alsbrooks, Capt. Jennifer Golembiewski, Tech. Sgt. Steven Perez and Tech. Sgt. Joseph Brownell). This is the 36th RQF’s 663rd rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott King)

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Rescue

Tech. Sgt. Steven Perez, 36th Rescue Flight, presents Paulette Kirby, with their unit dog tag at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., Aug 17. The day before, the four-man helicopter crew pictured from left to right (Capt. John Alsbrooks, Capt. Jennifer Golembiewski, Perez and Tech. Sgt. Joseph Brownell) had rescued Kirby Thompson Pass, Idaho following a bicycle accident. This is the 36th RQF’s 663rd rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott King)

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Bioenvironmental

Senior Airman Devon Dawson, 92nd AMDS Bioenvironmental technician, performs a gas mask fit test on Airman 1st Class Tony Ballentine using a Portacount. The Bienvironmental flight is the focal point for the proper wear and fit of gas masks for base personnel.

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Bioenvironmental

Airman 1st Class Francisco Sanchez, 92nd AMDS Bioenvironmental technician, analyzses a base water sample at the 92nd Medical Group Bioenvironmental lab. The Bioenvironmental flight analyzes occupational and community environments and processes to determine whether toxic chemicals, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation sources, shock and vibration, acoustic energy and ergonomic stresses are adequately controlled.

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Bioenvironmental

Senior Airman Jeffrey Gomez, 92nd AMDS Bioenvironmental technician, prepares a Alnor Meter to accomplish a ventilation survey. The Bioenvironmental flight performs health risk assessment surveys evaluating systems, installations, facilities, and planning documents for chemical, physical and biological stress factors which may cause illness, injury, reduced productivity or performance or significant discomfort for Fairchild personnel and the community in occupational and community environments.

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Bioenvironmental

Airman 1st Class Francisco Sanchez, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental technician, wears a Level-A suit and uses an ADM 300 beta probe to verify if beta radiation is present Aug 11. The Bioenvironmental flight participates in emergency response activities and medical aspects of safety and accident programs by providing environmental health hazard evaluations and personnel protective equipment recommendations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fairchild's parachute shop, last to let you down

The Parachute Rigger badge is awarded to Airmen upon graduation from a parachute rigger course. The winged parachute represents the functions of rigging of supplies for air drop as well as packing and repair of parachutes used for personnel and cargo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. JT May III)

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92nd CES train like they fight

A 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron member returns fire to an enemy using a paint ball rifle. The Participants in the exercise where exposed to simulated threats such as vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, mortars and base attacks. The exercise was intended to give Airmen a real life sense of dangers they may face in a deployed location. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. JT May III)

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92nd CES train like they fight

Master Sgt. David Lawrence,92nd Civil Engineering Squadron, superintendent of operations support, intently listens to vital information in the Unit Control Center (UCC) during the field training exercise April 22, 2011 at at Fairchild AFB, Wash. The purpose of this training was to simulate real time training in the battlefield. The 92nd CES conducted an a four day exercise for members of the unit to give each Airmen a better picture of what is expected of them in a combat environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. JT May III)

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92nd CES train like they fight

92nd Civil Engineering Squadron fireman rescues a simulated victim during the field training exercise April 22, 2011 at Fairchild AFB, Wash. The purpose of this training was to simulate real time training in the battlefield. The 92nd CES conducted an a four-day exercise for members of the unit to give each Airmen a better picture of what is expected of them in a combat environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. JT May III)

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Winter weather Ops

Mr. Travis Schiedt, 92nd Operations Support Squadron lead meteorologist, monitors incoming winter storms Dec. 22, 2010 here. The weather shop plays a pivotal role in Fairchild’s daily flying operation by ensuring the pilots have the most accurate weather forecasts. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. JT May III)

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Teen Center reaches out to the community

C.J. Kriger, a teen center regular feeds talipia as other teens look on. The teens are raising 200 tilapia to donate to the Spokane Union Gospel Mission in February. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Staff Sgt. Chad Watkins)

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Shoveling Snow

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski and his son, Zachary, 9, shovel snow from the front of the wing headquarters building Nov. 24. Sergeant Buzanowski is the NCO-in-charge of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mary Norenberg)

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SERE implements new course for Guard and Reserve Airmen

Staff Sgt. Andrew Dunn from 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Airman 1st Class Brian Alfano from the 106th Rescue Wing in, N.Y., were the first Airmen to graduate from the Fairchild Air Force Base 22nd Training Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape SV-95 course Dec. 2nd, 2010 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. This course was specially tailored so Guard and Reserve SERE specialists could receive training comparable to their active duty counterparts. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Natasha E. Stannard)

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