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NEWS

  • Answering the call for Obama

    While attending Travis' annual holiday lighting ceremony Dec. 5, surrounded by his wife and children, the call came across Lt. Col. Thad Middleton's Blackberry stating he needed to be on the other side of the globe within a few hours.For Middleton, who serves as the 9th Air Refueling Squadron

  • Local media members travel to Transit Center at Manas

    From Dec. 10-17, local media near Fairchild Air Force Base were immersed firsthand in a week in the life of a deployed Airman from Fairchild going to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the media embed was to help the local community see exactly what Fairchild crews do every day

  • The Jennifer Vaughan story: one Airman's comeback journey from near death

    There are words Staff Sgt. Jennifer Vaughan faintly remembers hearing from her family and fiancé as she slowly woke up Feb. 18, 2013 from a 62-day induced coma, but it was the look on their faces that made her understand that something was "very wrong."Unable to respond and comprehend the magnitude

  • DoD Withdraws Sponsorship of Automated Housing Referral Network

    The Department of Defense is withdrawing its sponsorship of the Automated Housing Referral Network (AHRN) beginning Jan. 1, 2014. AHRN is a direct marketing resource for landlords and property managers to promote available rental units to military members worldwide who are seeking housing at a

  • MacDill unveils new ADA housing

    MacDill Air Force Base presented 10 qualifying families with newly constructed Americans with Disabilities Act homes on Dec. 18, 2013. The newly constructed homes are specially designed to assist special needs families. The homes include unique features such as, sliding pocket doors, roll-in

  • Mobility Airmen ready and responsive anytime, anywhere

    As the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela drew the world's attention to the African continent, Mobility Airmen raced against the clock to ensure President Obama's security, communications, and mission support was in place.Within days those would become part of an international

  • Fairchild Airman awarded Bronze Star for meritorious achievement

    Chief Master Sgt. Richard Penny, 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron superintendent, received the Bronze Star Medal from Col. Brian Newberry, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, Dec. 13, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.The chief was recognized for his meritorious achievement while he was deployed as

  • Maintainer honors the fallen

    During many funerals, the base honor guard performs Taps, a musical piece usually played from a bugle or trumpet, to honor a fallen veteran. Most of the time, the honor guard team will use a bugle with a recording placed inside because finding a live musician with the skill to play is hard to come

  • A day of honoring the fallen

    More than 5,000 men, women, children, veterans and active-duty service members took time out of their hectic holiday schedules, Dec. 14, 2013, to remember the men and women of the U.S. military who won't be sitting around the table with us this holiday season. The morning started off at the Florida

  • AMC assists Central African Republic peacekeeping mission

    The Defense Department sent another Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport jet from Burundi to the Central African Republic today in support of the African Union-led International Support Mission in that beleaguered nation, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, told reporters