Senior Airman Nick Lockhart, 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron heavy equipment operator, drives a snow removal machine during rubber removal on the flightline at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 3, 2020 More
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing sits on the flightline during exercise Global Thunder 21 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 22, 2020. This exercise employs globa More
A golf ball is left on the green May 3, 2019, at the Qualchan Golf Course in Spokane, Washington. The best competitors at the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Appreciation Golf Tournament will win several prizes.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jesse Weaver, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic technician, lowers the boom during an isochronal inspection on a KC-135 Stratotanker, at Fairchild Air Force Base, May 22, More
Karl Shoemaker holds a 36th Rescue Squadron coin given to him by Lt. Col. Matthew Doberman, 36th RQS commander, on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 22, 2019. Doberman coined Shoemaker during Shoemaker’ More
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron hold signs spelling ‘IPE’ during the Inland Spark Pitch competition at the base theater at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 6, 2019. Ai More
A baby chews on her father’s hand at the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2019. Skyfest 2019 gave the Inland Northwest a chance to meet members of Team Fairc More
Children wait in line to participate in Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 19, 2019. Operation KUDOS teach More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Dieter, 97th Air Refueling Squadron director of operations, adjusts dials in the cockpit while flying over Idaho, Aug. 20. On the way to and from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, O More
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Aircraft Group 31, South Carolina, gets refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, while flying over Georgia, Aug. 27, 2019. The More
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Aircraft Group 31, South Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, while flying over Georgia, Aug. 27, 2019. Ai More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, waits on the flight line during Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept 10 More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 82nd Airborne Division, jump from a C-17 Globemaster III as part of a Joint Forcible Entry operation during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at the Yakima Trai More
U.S. Air Force 92nd Maintenance Group Airmen prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, for aircrew to disembark, at Fairchild Air Force Bas More
Bret Bowers, Mann-Grandstaff Veteran Affairs Medical Hospital Public Affairs officer and former U.S. Air Force buck sergeant poses for a photo at the Veteran Affairs Medical Hospital, November 7, 2019. Bowers s More
A KC-135 Stratotanker is parked on the flightline at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019. The KC-135 flew to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, for programmed depot maintenance and upgrades to the More
U.S. Air Force Airman Anneliese Kaiser, 92nd Air Refueling Wing photojournalist, poses for a photo on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Dec. 3, 2019. Team Fairchild created a Grief Support Group where Airme More
Students from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school watch as their fellow student is hoisted into a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter as part of training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan More
A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, while flying over Kansas, Feb. 24, 2020. Air refueling provides military airc More
Lawrence and Michelle Castro, Capt. Victoria Pinckney’s parents, pose for a photo with 93rd Air Refueling Squadron Airmen, May 4, 2020, on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Pinckney, and two other Airmen, Tech. S More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Loalbo, 92nd Medical Group laboratory technician, prepares a training COVID-19 test on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 28, 2020. Team Fairchild laboratory Airmen a More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Acevedo, 92nd Force Support Squadron fitness assessment cell manager, does a workout in the Fairchild Air Force Base fitness center, June 29, 2020. Physical fitness is importa More
U.S. Air Force Col. Derek Salmi, outgoing 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, salutes Maj. Gen. Sam Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, during the 92nd ARW change of command ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, More
A 93rd Air Refueling Squadron member arrives home from a deployment and is greeted by a loved one on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 1, 2020. The Airmen left home for a four-month deployment but due More
Airman 1st Class Avery Justice, 92nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes screws from the bottom of a KC-135 Stratotanker wing while wearing an exoskeleton apparatus at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, More
Airmen from Team Fairchild’s 384th Air Refueling Squadron pose for a photo after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 21, 2021. The first batch of the vac More
A 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron Airmen operates a de-icing vehicle, spraying water during flightline rubber removal at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 3, 2020. Team Fairchild Airmen removed rubber More
Multiple KC-135 Stratotankers from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, line-up on the flightline during exercise Global Thunder 21 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 22, 2020. GT21 is a U.S. Strategic Comma More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Lloyd, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron dental assistant, swings a club into a golf ball May 3, 2019 at the Qualchan Golf Course in Spokane, Washington. Lloyd is participating al More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Isaac Ruble, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic technician, checks a KC-135 Stratotanker’s boom elevation limits during an isochronal inspection, at Fairchild Air Force Ba More
Karl Shoemaker poses for a photo at the 36th Rescue Squadron on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 22, 2019. Shoemaker was saved by 36th RQS Airmen after he lost control of his snowmobile after hitting a More
Team Fairchild base leadership asks questions from the judges table during the Inland Spark Pitch competition at the base theater on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 6, 2019. More than seven Airmen we More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sammuel Kennedy, singer and guitarist for the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, sings and plays guitar at the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wa More
A mother adjusts her son’s mask during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 19, 2019. During the event, volu More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker, 97th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, supports the tail of a Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker in preparation for 97th ARS Airmen to load 97th ARS memorabilia, on Wrigh More
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Patrick Forbes, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, prepares a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, for aerial refueling at MacDill Air Force More
Airmen from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron fly into MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 27, 2019. Airmen from the 384th ARS provided aerial refueling support to two U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C’s from Marine A More
U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers from several bases across the country are stand ready on the flight line during the Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washin More
U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 82nd Airborne Division, parachute into a simulated local militia airbase during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at the Yakima Training Center, Washington, Sep More
A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, flies above a parked U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 16, 2019. This KC-135 is the f More
A KC-135 Stratotanker undergoes programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 2019. During PDM, each KC-135 undergoes a series of inspectio More
Pilots from the 36th Rescue Squadron fly a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter to students from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school preforming field training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Parsons, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron commander, and Senior Master Ryan Sgt. Clauss, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron superintendent, pause for a moment of silence during the Shell 77 Me More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Loalbo, 92nd Medical Group laboratory technician, tests a training sample of COVID-19 as on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 28, 2020. This training is to give Airm More
U.S. Air Force Col. Cassius Bentley, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, gives a speech during the 92nd ARW change of command ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 1, 2020. Bentley takes command More
A 93rd Air Refueling Squadron member arrives from deployment and greets his loved one on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 1, 2020. Seventy-six members of the 93rd ARS deployed for seven months in supp More
Senior Airman Lawrence Sena, 92nd Air Refueling Wing public affairs journeyman, receives his first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 21, 2021. Receiving More
Team Fairchild aircrew Airmen perform a simulated response during exercise Global Thunder 21 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct. 22, 2020. Fairchild’s Airmen are on watch 24 hours a day, seven days a More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Snyder, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Group productions superintendent, hits a golf ball May 3, 2019 at the Qualchan Golf Course in Spokane, Washington. The Spokane Lilac Festival A More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ponce Francisco, 92nd Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller, rings a bell in remembrance of fallen law enforcement officers during a National Police Week Memoria More
Karl Shoemaker and Airmen from the 36th Rescue Squadron and Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, pose for a photo in front of the 36th RQS sign on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 22, 2019. The nu More
From left to right, U.S. Air Force Col. Derek Salmi, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, Staff Sgt. Kristofer Ballard, 92nd Logistic Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment supervisor, and 2nd Lt. Phi More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyler Tolles, drummer for the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, plays the drums at the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 20 More
A girl is dressed in mission-oriented protective posture during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations at the Airmen and Family Readiness center on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, July 19, 201 More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 706th Fighter Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 18, 2019. Team Fairchild’s KC- More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker, 97th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, inspects the 97th Air Refueling Squadron’s memorabilia box before loading it onto Fairchild’s KC-135 Stratotanker, on Wright-P More
A U.S Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base waits on the flight line during Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 10, 2019. More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, lands on a runway to deliver Humvees, cargo, and U.S. Air Force Airmen for a Joint Forcible Entry operation during Exercise Mobility Gu More
U.S. Air Force commanders from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, and Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, descend air stairs disembarking from a KC-135 Stratotanker More
A 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron worker performs a programmed depot maintenance inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Nov. 23, 20 More
A student from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school is hoisted into a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from the 36th Rescue Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 30, 2020. The miss More
A 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron Airman operates heavy snow removal equipment to scrub the flightline as part of flightline rubber removal at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Oct, 3, 2020. 92nd CES Airmen More
1st Lt. Brayden Hill, 384th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 21, 2021. The end-state is that the DoD More
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Phil Samples, 92nd Mission Support Group executive, explains his electronic weapon-cleaner idea to the judges during the Inland Spark Pitch competition at the base theater at Fairchild Ai More
People at the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow watch a F-22 Raptor and a P-51 Mustang, on the flight line of Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2019. Fairchild opened its gates to the public for More
A McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 19, 2019. Airmen from the 97th Air Refueling Squ More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker, 97th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, gives a brief to individuals from Data Monitor Systems and Airmen from the 97th ARS, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, More
U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers from various bases across the country stand ready on the flight line during the Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington More
U.S. Air Force Col. Gregory Cyrus, 621st Contingency Response Group commander, delivers a brief to U.S. CRG Airmen and Australian Royal Air Force members on how to proceed with opening the base after Joint Forc More
A 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron worker assists with programmed depot maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 2019. Once More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joel Lewis, 36th Rescue Squadron executive officer, and 1st Lt. Daniel Iwata, 36th RQS chief of scheduling, prepare for takeoff in a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter at Fairchild Air Force Ba More
Timothy Ames, Medical Lake School District superintendent, gets the first of two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 21, 2021. The partnership between MLS More
A F-22 Raptor and P-51 Mustang fly during 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, June 22, 2019. Skyfest 2019 offered a unique view of Team Fairchild’s role in enabling Rapid Global Mob More
A young girl holds up a shield that her mother created for her during the Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Ju More
A McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, performs a maneuver after being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, while flying over Idaho, Aug More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker, 97th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, signals to Kevin Shaffer, Data Monitor Systems material handler, on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 20. Due to the More
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, prepares for takeoff during Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild AFB, Sept. 10, 2019. Exercise Mobi More
U.S. Air Force Airmen, U.S. Army Soldiers and Australian Royal Air Force members plan how to proceed with the next stage of their Joint Forcible Entry operation during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at the Yak More
A 564th Air Maintenance Squadron worker reviews a KC-135 Stratotanker maintenance kit on at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 2019. The OC-ALC has kits in plac More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joel Lewis, 36th Rescue Squadron executive officer, secures his helmet prior to takeoff at Fairchild Air force Base, Washington, Jan. 30, 2020. The 36th RQS is unique to the Air Force becau More
A toddler dances while the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West performs during the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow , on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2019. Skyfest 2019 gave the Inland N More
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 97th Air Refueling Squadron move a box of memorabilia onto a KC-135 Stratotanker on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 20. The flight to WPAFB was the first flight that t More
A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, taxis down the runway to prepare for takeoff at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 10, 2019. Mobility Gu More
U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare to begin stage two of a Joint Forcible Entry operation during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at the Yakima Training Center, Washington, Sept. 14, 2019. Mobility Guardian is design More
A KC-135 Stratotanker is parked inside a maintenance hangar prior to a test flight at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Nov. 23, 2019. After going through programmed dep More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joel Lewis, 36th Rescue Squadron executive officer, prepares for takeoff in a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 30, 2020. The 36th RQS provides st More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Urique Tatoula, 92nd Aerospace Medical Squadron operational medical technician, provides simulated medical care to Airman Kristine Bonch, 92nd Force Support Squadron fitness apprent More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul ‘Loco’ Lopez, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team pilot, swears in a group of Delayed Entry Program recruits during the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washi More
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 97th Air Refueling Squadron unbox a guidon from their memorabilia box on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 22. The guidon from the memorabilia box will be the same one us More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, flies over the flight line during the Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian 2019 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept 10, 2 More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, lands on a runway to deliver Humvees, cargo, and U.S. Air Force Airmen for a Joint Forcible Entry operation during Exercise Mobi More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joel Lewis, 36th Rescue Squadron executive officer, prepares a Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter for flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 30, 2020. Lewis and two other Airmen f More
A Fairchild medical response team carries a fellow airman role-playing as an injured bystander during the Major Action Response Exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 9, 2019. The MARE included s More
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies during 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2019. Skyfest 2019 gave the Inland Northwest a chance to meet members of Team Fair More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, flys over Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington during the Air Mobility Commands premier exercise Mobility Guardian 2019, Sept 9, 2019. More
U.S. Air Force Airmen walk to a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to direct Airmen where to go during the Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at the Yakima Training Center, Washington More
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard members wait to post colors during the 2019 Skyfest Open House and Airshow on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2019. Skyfest 2019 offered a unique view of Team Fairchild More