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  • AMC Commander speaks to Warriors of the North

    Gen. Paul J. Selva, commander of Air Mobility Command, his wife, Ricki, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Victoria Gamble arrived here Feb. 11 for a two-day glimpse at what the 319th Air Base Wing Warriors of the North bring to the fight.The visitors toured the entire installation and spoke with Airmen,

  • Fairchild leadership recognizes Medal of Honor recipient

    Team Fairchild leadership joined the students, staff and the Alumni Association of North Central High School at the annual Red and Black Convocation for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, while he was recognized as this year's distinguished alumnus Feb. 7, 2014, at North Central High School in Spokane,

  • Social fitness: Cultivate healthy relationships with family, friends

    Airmen work hard every day to get the mission accomplished, but sometimes, they inadvertently neglect maintaining healthy relationships with their family and friends.There are many studies showing that social isolation is a significant health risk factor. In fact, the negative health risks of social

  • Two days, missions, crews, airframes featuring B-52s, F-22s

    Crews from the 92nd and 93rd Air Refueling Squadrons at Fairchild Air Force Base provided air refueling to different mission sets across the region Feb. 6 and 7.The KC-135 Stratotanker provides the core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air Force and has filled this role for more than 50

  • Team Fairchild shows its heart for young cancer fighter

    London Bowater, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Nick Bowater, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in February 2011. Just over three months away from completing treatment, her family received devastating news that her cancer had

  • Protect PII from the enemy

    With security forces Airmen patrolling Air Force bases around the clock; staff can have sense of security in their work environment. However, wing safety relies on more than just entry control.Personally Identifiable Information is used regularly on military installations. If it is not handled

  • 6th SFS selected for DoD video

    The 6th Security Forces Squadron marine patrol was chosen to demonstrate non-lethal maritime tactics for a Department of Defense instructional video. A film crew filmed members of marine patrol using and deploying, lasers, acoustics, bright lights, high-intensity lights, and pyrotechnics from Feb.

  • USAF EC welcomes past commanders, celebrates heritage

    The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center commander welcomed five former USAF EC and Air Mobility Warfare Center commanders to the USAF EC Jan. 28, 2014. USAF EC Commander, Maj. Gen. Rick Martin, invited the former commanders to a day devoted to celebrating the heritage of, what is now, the

  • People + Pride = Performance: Insight from the CSAF

    "I really believe if you are an Air Force and you recruit the best people in the country, which we do, and you train them better than anyone else and you put them with people who make them proud of what they do, how well they do it and what they represent, then you get a performance you can never