Brig Gen Rew: Fairchild wing, tenant relationship 'very strong'

As the Air Force moves into the future of air power, Airmen are witnessing a constant increase in technological capabilities, heightened deployment schedules and a growing number of joint-force operations. This week, a visiting wing commander said Airmen at Fairchild are clearly ready for the

Airmen team with state police for night patrols

Airmen at Fairchild are getting a cop's-eye view of the Spokane DUI scene. A new base program pairs Airmen Against Drunk Driving volunteers with the Washington State Patrol for night patrols with the state's DUI Task Squadron. Senior Airman Cindy Phillips, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief

Suicide Awareness: Relationships suffer from depression

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 20.9 million American adults suffer from a depressive illness in any given one-year period. That's a little less than 10 percent of the population. Imagine the number of people affected by depression. There are spouses, children, family

MXG Lieutenant engages enemy during fire fight

As 107mm rockets exploded against the Hescoe barriers, 1st Lt. Jacob Sullivan found himself manning the Humvee-mounted M204B machine gun from an over watch position. An hour later, close air support aircraft dropped 500-pound bombs on the enemy, ending the engagement with no friendly casualties and

More than routine maintenance

The periodic inspection dock is where the most intensive KC-135 Stratotanker inspection takes place on base. Nearly every system is checked, tested and sometimes replaced by more than 50 Airmen over an eight-day period in this dock -- it's also a classroom. During periodic inspections, Airmen from

Air mobility keeps fast pace with war ops surges

Squadrons across the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have increased operations to enhance theater-wide support for the current surge of troops throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. One such example is the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, a 379th AEW tenant unit that links air mobility operations

Boomers help keep the fighters flying

The KC-135 Stratotanker helps the Air Force accomplish its mission by providing gas to aircraft during flight. To accomplish its mission, this fuel station in the sky uses an operator with a very unique job who goes by the name of "Boom." He or she is the tanker's boom operator. Staff Sgt. Larry

Deputy assistant secretary of defense visits Fairchild

Remembrance Tree

Fairchild deployed Airman promoted to Chief