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  • Fairchild recognizes National Smoking Cessation Month

    November is the National Smoking Cessation Month and Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Also, Great American Smokeout is Nov. 20.Because of these events the 92nd Medical Group wants to increase awareness about the resources available to Airmen at Fairchild AFB.Here are some shocking anti-smoking

  • Program helps veterans ease into civilian life

    Horses are helping the nation's wounded warriors through an unusual therapy program. It's called Equine Assisted Therapy, and targets military members who've experienced Post-Traumatic Stress, or a Traumatic Brain Injury."Horses and humans react so well to each other because the behavior of a heard

  • 76ers host the Bulls and Airmen

    When most think of a Bulls versus Sixers game, the first thing to come to mind is a matchup between the legends, Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson. Though this did not happen at these teams' last game, current stars like Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah of the Bulls and Michael Carter-Williams and Nerlens

  • Changing disability to ability through awareness

    National Disability Employment Awareness Month was observed here during the month of October with the goal of educating base personnel about disability employment issues and opportunities, as well as recognizing contributions workers with abilities rather than disabilities have made.This year's

  • Senior leaders, Airmen gather to focus on mobility mission

    More than 1,400 Air Force senior leaders and Airmen from across the mobility enterprise attended the 2014 Airlift Tanker Association and Air Mobility Command Symposium from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in Nashville, TN. The A/TA symposium gathered total force Airmen and civilians, community leaders, and

  • McConnell crews recover downed F-16

    Crews from McConnell Air Base, Kansas, helped recover an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Oct. 29, near Moline, Kansas.The aircraft, which belonged to the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Fighter Squadron, crashed Monday, Oct. 20, and Airmen from McConnell provided support from the first response to final

  • Nonprofit helps deploying servicemembers with dogs

    When a military member receives a deployment checklist, circumstances surrounding pets are not on the list. Many members have a hard time finding a place for their pet during these situations, and the Dogs on Deployment organization can be a big help.Senior Airman Jakia Chang and her husband were

  • Airmen represent Team McChord with honor

    Six Airmen stand in position as a hearse rolls to a stop just past them. They open the back door revealing a casket with the U.S. flag draped over it. They carefully carry out the casket before placing it on the lowering device, its final resting place. They methodically remove the flag from the