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  • 18th Air Force leadership visits Fairchild

    Charting a path to continued success during uncertain strategic and fiscal environments was a key theme shared by the 18th Air Force commander during a visit here April 24 to 26.Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, accompanied by his wife, Patty, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Williams, 18th

  • AMC staff sergeant earns 'Best OPSEC NCO in Air Force'

    Managing a command-wide operations security program was just one area that led to Staff Sgt. Robert Perecko earning the 2011 Air Force Operations Security NCO of the Year. It was also his effort to make it a team approach across Air Mobility Command.Perecko, the information operations fused

  • Team Fairchild receives growth award

    Members of Team Fairchild supported the base's 18th year of participation in Arbor Day at the Survival School Campus here April 13. "I love coming to Fairchild for Arbor Day," said Garth Davis, Spokane County Conservation District forester. "You guys know how to do it right. 18 years is longer than

  • Sky’s the limit: 618th AOC weather unit wins Air Force honors

    Their skills are simply stratospheric -- at least by U.S. Air Force standards. The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) Weather Operations Directorate here recently won the 2011 Air Force Outstanding Specialized Weather Support Unit. The 618th is the global air

  • Scott boxer is one of the best in the country

    Senior Airman Adam Hassan, 375th Communications Squadron, fought through two weeks of try-outs and three months of intense training to be announced the best boxer in the Air Force and one of the top 10 boxers in the U.S.He had to compete against everyone who submitted a package to even get into the

  • AFSA recognizes Grand Forks duo as best of the year

    Two Airmen from the 319th Air Base Wing were recognized for their outstanding service by the Air Force Sergeants Association Division 89 during a convention held April 2 in Oklahoma City. Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Rueben was named as the NCO of the Year and Staff Sgt. Eric Hurtado, a senior airman at the

  • National Firefighter Award highlights Grand Forks Airman's windfall year

    Ask Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Rueben about his recent award, and he'll likely have to ask you, "Which one?"Rueben has earned the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Firefighter Award; the Air Mobility Command Fire Officer of the Year; the Air Force Sergeants Association Division 89 NCO of the Year; and the

  • 62nd AW welcomes new command chief at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    The 62nd Airlift Wing's new command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Gordon Drake, joined the team April 12. Drake takes over for Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Warren who is heading to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, to serve as the 100th Air Refueling Wing's Operations Group superintendent.As the command

  • Grand Forks EO director named top in AF

    The U.S. Air Force named Tech. Sgt. Tomeka Parker of the 319th Air Base Wing as the Solomon Starks Jr. Equal Opportunity Director of the Year for 2011.Parker arrived in Grand Forks in November 2010 and single-handedly filled a two-person EO office assignment responsible for more than 1,300 Airmen

  • AMC announces winners of 2011 Outstanding Airmen of the Year competition

    Air Mobility Command here held its Outstanding Airmen of the Year competition for 2011 on March 21 celebrating the command's top performers of the year.There were 12 finalists vying to be named in four categories as AMC's nominees for the Air Force-level competition for the 12 Outstanding Airmen of