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Fairchild Honor Guard here to serve

Fairchild Honor Guard members practice their firing party sequence Oct. 28. The firing party fires three volleys during military honors and is followed by the playing of Taps. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Fairchild Honor Guard here to serve

Fairchild Honor Guard members perform a six-man flag fold during their training hours Oct. 28. The Body Bearers element participates in U.S. Air Force, joint service and state funerals by carrying the remains of deceased service members and their dependents to their final resting places. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Fairchild Honor Guard here to serve

Airman 1st Class Carmella Kraus, Fairchild Honor Guard, poses at the position of port arms Oct. 28. The position of port arms is achieved by placing the top of the rifle at the left eye and the stock at your right eye. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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First KC-135 returns home after almost one year: Runway reconstruction completed on schedule

Members of the 92nd Maintenance Group marshall in the first KC-135 to land here in almost a year. Fairchild’s tankers have been operating out of Moses Lake, Wash. and the Spokane International Airport during reconstruction of the base’s runway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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First KC-135 returns home after almost one year: Runway reconstruction completed on schedule

Col. Paul Guemmer, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, lands a KC-135 Stratotanker on Fairchild’s newly constructed runway Nov. 2. It was the first plane to touchdown here in almost a year following the $43.6 million reconstruction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Why is there a road on Fairchild called “Bong Street”

Richard Bong; Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Lt. Gen. George Kenney are pictured together in Dec. 1944. (Courtesy photo)

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Why is there a road on Fairchild called “Bong Street”

Richard Bong shows pride in his P-38 Lightning. He achieved 40 aerial victories during World War II, the most by any pilot in U.S. history making him the “Ace of Aces.” (Courtesy photo)

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'Fall Fun' Festivities

Airman 1st Class Ivan Konvalin helps with setting up a pumpkin patch at the Airman & Family Readiness Center Oct. 25. The pumpkins were donated to the families of Fairchild and were free to pick up. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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'Fall Fun' Festivities

A clown jumps out to scare patrons at the haunted house on Fairchild Saturday night. The Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape School set the haunted house up and used proceeds as a fundraiser. Hundreds of people navigated through the house. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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FOD Walk

Team Fairchild participated in a Foreign Object Debris Walk on the new flightline Tuesday to remove FOD prior to KC-135 Stratotankers coming back from Moses Lake and the Spokane International Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Total Force Integration: 92nd & 141st Air Refueling Wing maintainers work together to complete mission

Master Sgt. Ray Malquist, 92nd MXS hydraulics section NCO in-charge, inspects a multi point refueling system on a KC-135 to ensure it’s able to assist bloom operators in refueling missions at the Grant County International Airport Oct. 18. Maintenance crews have been rotating in and out of Moses Lake for nearly a year now. The GCIA has adequate hangar space to allow maintenance workers to perform work on the KC-135s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Total Force Integration: 92nd & 141st Air Refueling Wing maintainers work together to complete mission

Staff Sgt. Brian Ross, 141st MXS full-time technician, repairs the pilot seat of a KC-135 at the Grant County International Airport Oct 18. Fairchild is the only base that takes all of the seats out before inspections. The 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings have been working side-by-side completing the mission in Moses Lake for almost a year now. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Total Force Integration: 92nd & 141st Air Refueling Wing maintainers work together to complete mission

Airman 1st Class Max Farren, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, re-installs floor boards inside a KC-135 at the Grant County International Airport Oct. 18th. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Total Force Integration: 92nd & 141st Air Refueling Wing maintainers work together to complete mission

After taking off the wing panels of a KC-135, Airman 1st Class Vincent Williams, 92nd MXS crew chief, uses a power drill to put the panels back together at the Grant County International Airport Oct. 18. The panels have lots of small screws, which Williams had to carefully keep count of. If he loses even one screw, the wings can’t be operated until that screw is found and properly inserted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Total Force Integration: 92nd & 141st Air Refueling Wing maintainers work together to complete mission

Senior Airman Rudinei Da Silva, 92nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief, inspects the blades of a KC-135 Stratotanker at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 18th. Fairchild has had about 28 KC-135s operating out of Moses Lake over the past year while the base’s runway has undergone reconstruction. The Fairchild runway is expected to be back open for business in November. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Nine people, two rescues, twelve hours: 36th Rescue Flight flexes its muscle

Pictured from left to right are; Tech Sgt. Steven Perez, 36th Rescue Flight flight engineer; Capt. Stephen Jones, 36th RQF pilot; Capt. Douglas Price, 36th RQF pilot and Tech. Sgt. Joseph Brwonell, 336th Training Support Squadron independent duty medical technician. The crew of four rescued nine people in two separate missions in the mountains near Lewiston, Idaho Oct. 21. (Courtesy photo)

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Nine people, two rescues, twelve hours: 36th Rescue Flight flexes its muscle

57-year-old Mike Webberley is being flown in a UH-1N helicopter from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. to an awaiting Life Flight helicopter following his rescue in the mountains near Lewiston, Idaho Oct. 21. Webberley fell down a steep valley while deer hunting and could not be reached by local authorities, a local ground rescue team or a Life Flight helicopter, so Airmen from Fairchild were called in to rescue him. (Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Steven Perez)

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New Public Health officer here to promote resiliency

Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Simmet, 92nd Medical Operations Squadron Mental Health Flight deputy commander, talks with 92nd Air Refueling Wing members about resiliency Oct. 20. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Splash into fall: Babies, parents enjoy water aerobics too

Parents and babies go for a swim together at the indoor pool Sept. 26 during the “Water Babies” class. The cost for the class is $1. Puffet Cook, who is the new parent support nurse here says the babies have to be 8-weeks to 3-years-old, and the class is about bonding, growth and development. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Earlandez M. Young)

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Skils’kin employees make a ‘visible’ difference on base

Brandon Laudensluger, from the grounds maintenance section, cuts the grass outside the commissary on a riding lawn mower Oct. 14. Brandon has been with Skils’kin for six months. The word Skils’kin is a Native American word meaning a place where people come to learn about themselves. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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