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  • Fairchild kicks off 75th anniversary

    Fairchild Air Force Base kicked off its 75th Anniversary with a celebration event here with Spokane area elected officials, civic leaders, honorary commanders and others March 1, 2017. Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander and Spokane Mayor, David Condon, both gave remarks about the

  • Fairchild pilots $4.3 billion DOD electronic health record upgrade

    The 92nd Medical Group hosted a “go-live” recognition ceremony Feb. 15, to celebrate the launch of the Defense Department’s new integrated electronic health record system, Medical Health System GENESIS. The 92nd Medical Group was selected as the first DOD medical clinic to launch this $4.3 billion

  • Feeding the hungry with humanitarian aid

    Over 130,000 pounds of humanitarian aid was airlifted to relief organizations in Central American and Caribbean nations by the 315th Airlift Wing, Feb. 5, during a training mission that carried cargo as part of the Denton humanitarian program. The cargo, which mainly consisted of food, was donated

  • AMC, industry collaborate to build aircraft decontamination system

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The system is known as the Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System and AMC expects the system to be available in 2019.“More than ten years ago, an Air Force general asked if there was a method that could decontaminate both the interior and exterior of an aircraft

  • Air mobility squadron keeps C-17s ready for fight

    SOUTHWEST ASIA – Winning the fight against an adversary requires much more than just dropping bombs on targets and taking out key leaders.It requires coordinating the precise movement of necessary supplies to arrive at the right location at the right time. In fact, logistics plays such an important

  • USAF Total Force Band plays in Rose Parade

    The United States Air Force Total Force Band kicked off the Air Force’s 70th Birthday celebrations by playing at several venues in Southern California culminating in an appearance here in the 128th Rose Parade.

  • Reserve aircrew prevents aircraft collision

    A 512th Airlift Wing crew was named the recipient of the Air Force Reserve Command Aircrew of Distinction Award for safely diverting a potential accident while on a runway.