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Fairchild boomer reaches 7,500 flying hour milestone

Master Sgt. Ted Buit refuels a C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., from the boom pod of a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker over Washington and Oregon, Nov. 15, 2012. Buit is the 92nd Operations Group standards evaluations NCO in charge and career boom operator. On this flight he surpassed 7,500 mishap free flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Fairchild boomer reaches 7,500 flying hour milestone

Master Sgt. Ted Buit refuels a C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., from the boom pod of a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker over Washington and Oregon, Nov. 15, 2012. Buit is the 92nd Operations Group standards evaluations NCO in charge and career boom operator. On this flight he surpassed 7,500 mishap free flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Fairchild boomer reaches 7,500 flying hour milestone

Master Sgt. Ted Buit prepares for an upcoming night operation inside the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 15, 2012. Buit is the 92nd Operations Group standards evaluations NCO in charge and career boom operator. On this flight he surpassed 7,500 mishap free flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Fairchild boomer reaches 7,500 flying hour milestone

Master Sgt. Ted Buit’s flight bag reveals many of the patches he has warn in his more than 23-year career at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 15, 2012. Buit is the 92nd Operations Group standards evaluations NCO in charge and career boom operator. On this flight he surpassed 7,500 mishap free flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Winter sports equipment now available

A wide variety of winter equipment available for rent at Outdoor Recreation at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., March 7, 2012. Rental of the Snow Board Package includes a board, boots and a helmet. Outdoor Recreation offers other winter equipment such as skis, snow shoes, jackets and sleds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Exercise tests Team Fairchild’s respond capability

Members of the 92nd Medical Group check for signs of breathing on a simulated victim of chemical warfare during an exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 7, 2012. During the exercise, Airmen learned to better integrate emergency response training and assessments for exercise evaluation teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Exercise tests Team Fairchild’s respond capability

A member of the 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron fire department checks on Senior Airman Zachary Mosher, a simulated victim of an explosive device attack during an exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 7, 2012. Fairchild was one of three bases used to confirm the Response Training and Assessment Program training and exercise program to meet the need for Air Force. Mosher is a knowledge operations journeyman from the 92nd Mission Support Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Exercise tests Team Fairchild’s respond capability

Members of the 92nd Medical Group prepare an in-place patient decontamination tent during a simulated chemical-warfare attack, Nov. 7, 2012. During the exercise, Airmen learned to better integrate emergency response training and assessments for exercise evaluation teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Exercise tests Team Fairchild’s respond capability

A 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron firefighter carries away Senior Airman Ryan Berends, a simulated victim of an explosive device attack during an exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 7, 2012. During the exercise, Airmen learned to better integrate emergency response training and assessments for exercise evaluation teams. Berends is a diagnostic imaging technician from the 92nd Medical Support Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild celebrates Native American Heritage Month

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Snow barn reacts as snow flies

Senior Airman Steven Lowe sweeps the runway using his snow broom at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 9, 2012. Lower is followed in formation by Staff Sgt. Adam Haines and Senior Airman Andrew Hamm. Fairchild’s first snow fall of the year came on the eve of Nov. 8 amassing more than three inches of snow. Lowe, Haines and Hamm are all 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Snow barn reacts as snow flies

Senior Airman Steven Lowe sweeps the runway using his snow broom at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 9, 2012. Lower is followed in formation by Staff Sgt. Adam Haines and Senior Airman Andrew Hamm. Fairchild’s first snow fall of the year came on the eve of Nov. 8 amassing more than three inches of snow. Lowe, Haines and Hamm are all 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Stratton)
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Leadership Isn’t …

"Leadership is a choice … not a position." (U.S. Air Force photo illistration by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry/photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Zeski)
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Hurricane Sandy Support

This is the second C-17 Globemaster assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., which took off this afternoon from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 3. A total of 19 Bonneville Power Administration employee volunteers from the Spokane region and 14 of their vehicles will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

Senior Airmen Joshua Hoelscher, left, and Staff Sgt. Israel Martinez, both air transportation specialists assigned to the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., secure a utility vehicle belonging to Bonneville Power Administration to the floor of a C-5 Galaxy of the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., Nov. 3. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

A BPA utility vehicle weighing about 50,000 pounds and stretching about 35 feet is slowly backed into the mouth of at Travis Air Force Base C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 3. The wooden ramp allows the vehicles to enter without the top scraping against the roof of the aircraft. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

A BPA utility vehicle weighing about 50,000 pounds and stretching about 35 feet is slowly backed into the mouth of at Travis Air Force Base C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 3. The wooden ramp allows the vehicles to enter without the top scraping against the roof of the aircraft. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

Staff Sgt. Saul Buenrostro, left, and Master Sgt. Jason Nipar, both C-5 loadmasters, 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., lay the first board down to enhance the ramp of the C-5 on the Fairchild AFB flightline Nov. 3. Two of the largest utility vehicles weighed about 50,000 pounds and were more than 35 feet in length. A wooden ramp allowed these larger vehicles to enter the aircraft at a shallower angle. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

Fourteen support and utilities vehicles from Spokane-area Bonneville Power Administration arrived at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 2, 2012 at approximately 9 p.m. Airmen from the Logistics Readiness Squadron began to weigh measure and perform safety inspections on all vehicles to prepare them for flight by 10 p.m. All vehicles were ready within six hours. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Michael Means)
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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron process equipment from the Spokane-area Bonneville Power Administration at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 2, 2012. BPA sent 14 support and utilities vehicles as well as 19 BPA volunteer employees to aid New York's Long Island Power Authority in post Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Five of the vehicles left on a C-5 Galaxy the morning of Nov. 3. The remaining vehicles are being transported by C-17 the same day. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Michael Means)
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