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NEWS

  • Delaware school honors local veterans

    Veterans from across the state of Delaware attended a Veteran's Day Celebration Nov. 9, 2012, at Lake Forest North Elementary in Felton, Del.The celebration included reading selections and musical performances by the school's children. Todd Weller, a coordinator for the event and an art teacher at

  • Taking off in HD

    Over the last few years McConnell training simulators have improved from the black and white paper airplane style graphics, to crystal-clear high definition graphics. For a flight to succeed, many elements - including fuel, maintenance, mission planning and hours of training - must be completed

  • Slideshow: Scott AFB Veterans Day

    A Veterans Day ceremony was held in Belleville, Ill. Nov. 11, 2012 in honor of those who have served in the military, past and present. Various guests in attendance included commanders from Scott Air Force Base, Mark Eckert, Mayor of Belleville, and Congressman Bill Enyart. Click here for more

  • Developing tomorrow’s mobility leaders

    More than 150 total-force Airmen met in conjunction with the Airlift Tanker Association Symposium Nov. 1-4 for professional development of select company grade and noncommissioned officers.The program called "High Flight" (for captains) and "Phoenix Stripe" (for noncommissioned officers) has been

  • Logistics Airmen aid WA linemen, equipment movement to NY

    Nine Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron processed electrical linemen and their equipment for flights from here to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst so they could help Long Island, N.Y., residents recover from Hurricane Sandy.Within six hours beginning the evening of Nov. 2, the LRS

  • Fairchild spouses experience mission first-hand

    Fairchild spouses flew in a KC-135 Stratotanker Nov. 7 in an ongoing program designed to orient them with what it means to be an Airman here.Participants wore their respective husband's flight suits adding to the overall realness of the experience.

  • Valley resident earns wings as 'Airman for a Day'

    A nine-year-old Spokane Valley, Wash., boy, who has been fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and undergone almost two years of chemo therapy, had the opportunity to visit Fairchild Nov. 2 thanks to a program started by base's company grade officers council.The "Airman for a Day," Trevion Worthy,