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American flags whip around at the grave sites of fallen

American flags whip around at the grave sites of fallen

American flags whip around at the grave sites of fallen U.S. service members on Veterans Day at Fort George Wright Veterans Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2014, in Spokane, Wash. Airway Heights’ Veterans of Foreign Wars Po... More

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of a C-130J Super Hercules at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, July 3, 201... More

Expeditionary battle management operators: Right info, right time

Expeditionary battle management operators: Right info, right time

During lightning-fast air combat, every decision makes an impact, and for 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron command and control battle management operators at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest... More

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while retreat is played during a 9/11 retreat ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2013. The 379th AEW has been a constant in ... More

CFC kicks off at Grand Slam Wing

CFC kicks off at Grand Slam Wing

The 2013 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas kicks off at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 16 and runs through Nov. 15, 2013. This year, the 379th AEW’s campaign goal is $155,000. This y... More

Air Force contracting negotiates way to mission realization

Air Force contracting negotiates way to mission realization

Air Force contracting must balance fulfilling the service’s mission with upholding statutory law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and other Air Force policy and guidance. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/... More

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia render salutes during the singing of the national anthem as part of the wing’s Air Force birthday celebration Sept. 18, 2013. This ... More

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as Rev. Andrew Wakeham-Dawson, squadron leader, leads the group in prayer during the Battle of Britain Day parade ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in ... More

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participate in the 24-hour prisoners of war and missing in action vigil run at the 379th AEW in Southwest Asia, Sept. 21, 2013. The run began Sept. 2... More

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Resiliency is a term describing skill sets for Airmen to bounce back and grow following adversity. The Wingman Culture strengthens airmen by providing them the tools and support to face the challenges of milita... More

Tech. Sgt. Derek Woodard smacks a tire with a sledgehammer

Tech. Sgt. Derek Woodard smacks a tire with a sledgehammer

Tech. Sgt. Derek Woodard smacks a tire with a sledgehammer during a relay race as part of a fire muster event at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 28, 2013. Woodard is deployed from Robi... More

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature Test Set at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 5, 2013. The TTU-205 is a rugged, self-contained flight line or hangar test system used to accurately simula... More

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet and mask in preparation for a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds orientation flight as part of SkyFest 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May 29, 2014. The... More

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway during an operational readiness exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 22, 2014. The Wing Inspection Team-planned exercise allowed 92nd and 141s... More

Senior Airman Mary Olesky explains the importance of

Senior Airman Mary Olesky explains the importance of

Senior Airman Mary Olesky explains the importance of foreign object damage walks and the logistics for the walk Fairchild Airmen are about to accomplish at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Oct. 31, 2014. FOD wa... More

A root canaled tooth of Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton,

A root canaled tooth of Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton,

A root canaled tooth of Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton, a 92nd Air Refueling Wing public affairs photojournalist, is clamped in place with a protective rubber-like material protecting the patient’s mouth from ... More

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, scans a KC-135 Stratotanker part with the unit’s new 3-D laser imaging arm March 25, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Bas... More

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron certified dental assistant, applies medical moulage makeup and shrapnel bits to the neck of Master Sgt. Ray Ordonio, 92nd Maintenance Squadron accessory... More

Airmen watch, record and gawk as fire suppression foam

Airmen watch, record and gawk as fire suppression foam

Airmen watch, record and gawk as fire suppression foam engulfs a maintenance hangar testing the installation’s high expansion foam discharge in the repair aircraft maintenance hangar April 8, 2015, at Fairchild... More

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis receives fuel during aerial refueling from a 92nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on their way ... More

The Fairchild Honor Guard stands ready to present the

The Fairchild Honor Guard stands ready to present the

The Fairchild Honor Guard stands ready to present the colors during Fourth of July celebrations at Riverfront Park July 4, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. The honor guard provides military honors at various events acro... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, left, watches

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, left, watches

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, left, watches as Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right, both allergy and immunization technicians with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron, fills a needle with an immunot... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician with the 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, peers into the eyes of Tina Rueb, a child youth program assistant with the Lunney Youth Center, at Misawa Air... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic imaging technologist with the 35th Surgical Operations Squadron, captures a “Y-view” image of a patient’s shoulder using a semi-digital X-ray machine t... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Francisco Boral, a pharmacist with

U.S. Air Force Maj. Francisco Boral, a pharmacist with

U.S. Air Force Maj. Francisco Boral, a pharmacist with the 35th Medical Support Squadron, verifies the count of a controlled medication at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 4, 2016. As part of their mandatory double... More

Three of five U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs,

Three of five U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs,

Three of five U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sit on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, after having flown missio... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes off from Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 19, 2016. The A-10Cs flew as part of a newly stood up Air C... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, looks out over his home country during a HH-60G ... More

Find the FOD, save a jet

Find the FOD, save a jet

Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing particiapte in a wing-wide foreign object damage, or FOD, walk following a major storm that whipped debris across the flightline May 13, 2016, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. More t... More

Japanese and Americans line the street,

Japanese and Americans line the street,

Japanese and Americans line the street, shoulder-to-shoulder, watching as the 28th Annual American Day parade banner marches past in Misawa City, Japan, June 5, 2016. Events like these are important as they aff... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Beasley, an explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Beasley, an explosive

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Beasley, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, explains how EOD makes use of the M1167 Humvee at home and downrange during a community... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daronda Marsh, right,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daronda Marsh, right,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daronda Marsh, right, a customer support technician with the 35th Force Support Squadron, straps on and checks the seal of her self-contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, as Air... More

A large concrete barrier rests alongside each of the

A large concrete barrier rests alongside each of the

A large concrete barrier rests alongside each of the 24 tents in the Rush Park life support area at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 14, 2017. The barriers establish antiterrorism and force protection pe... More

Standing at more than 150 feet at the entrance to the

Standing at more than 150 feet at the entrance to the

Standing at more than 150 feet at the entrance to the War Memorial of Korea, the Korean War Monument embodies the deep appreciation of the Korean people for the blood and sacrifice paid by the 16 United Nations... More

Royal Australian Air Force Flt. Lt. Kyle Hornberg,

Royal Australian Air Force Flt. Lt. Kyle Hornberg,

Royal Australian Air Force Flt. Lt. Kyle Hornberg, left, Republic of Korea Air Force 2nd Lt. Dongjo Kim, center, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Kyle Tobin, right, pose for a photo near their workstations in the Korean... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ebony Jenkins, a 35th Security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ebony Jenkins, a 35th Security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ebony Jenkins, a 35th Security Forces Squadron member, flies with nine other U.S. Airmen aboard a Koku-Jieitai Kawasaki C-1 headed to Chitose Air Base, Japan, April 11, 2017. The grou... More

Fairchild Air Force Base’s Honor Guard flanked by Airway

Fairchild Air Force Base’s Honor Guard flanked by Airway

Fairchild Air Force Base’s Honor Guard flanked by Airway Heights’ Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3386 and Fairchild’s Boy Scout Troop 342 lead the procession of service and community members alike during a Veter... More

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of a C-130J Super Hercules at a forward operating base in Afghanistan,... More

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names of lost service members who served at the Grand Slam Wing were listed during a 9/11 retreat ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia,... More

Col. Steven Keith, chaplain, leads service members

Col. Steven Keith, chaplain, leads service members

Col. Steven Keith, chaplain, leads service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia in prayer during the wing’s Air Force birthday celebration Sept. 18, 2013. This year the Air For... More

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand at attention as Capt. Haley Armstrong plays “Last Post” and “Reveille” on her trumpet during the Battle of Britain Day parade ceremony at the 379th Air Expedit... More

Service members from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy

Service members from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy

Service members from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force complete the 24-hour prisoners of war and missing in action vigil run as U.S. military, coalition and mission partners render salutes at the ... More

First Lt. Sharon Kroening rolls out a hose reel during

First Lt. Sharon Kroening rolls out a hose reel during

First Lt. Sharon Kroening rolls out a hose reel during a relay race as part of a fire muster event at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 28, 2013. Kroening is deployed from Robins Air For... More

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature

Larry Loe calibrates a TTU-205 Pressure-Temperature Test Set at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 5, 2013. The TTU-205 is a rugged, self-contained flight line or hangar test system used to accurately simula... More

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra explains to Leslie Lowe how

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra explains to Leslie Lowe how

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra explains to Leslie Lowe how to use her helmet and mask in preparation for a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds orientation flight as part of SkyFest 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May ... More

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway during an operational readiness exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 22, 2014. The Wing Inspection Team-planned exercise allowed 92nd and 141s... More

Fairchild Airmen participate in a foreign object damage

Fairchild Airmen participate in a foreign object damage

Fairchild Airmen participate in a foreign object damage walk at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Oct. 31, 2014. FOD walks ensure something as simple as a rock or pebble never has the chance of crippling a Team ... More

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron general dentist, removes decayed root canal material that has discolored the tooth of Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton, a 92nd Air Refueling Wing public ... More

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, scans a KC-135 Stratotanker part with the unit’s new 3-D laser imaging arm March 25, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Bas... More

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron certified dental assistant, dabs various types of medical moulage makeup portraying second degree burns to the arm of Airman 1st Class Jauna Williams, a... More

Capt. Gavin Johnson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing assistant

Capt. Gavin Johnson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing assistant

Capt. Gavin Johnson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing assistant staff judge advocate, uses his smartphone to capture fire suppression foam as it engulfs a maintenance hangar as part of a test of the installation’s high ... More

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis receives fuel during aerial refueling from a 92nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on their way ... More

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, salutes as the Fairchild Honor Guard presents the colors during the singing of the national anthem kicking off Fourth of July celebrations at Riverfront P... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, an allergy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, an allergy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, an allergy and immunization technician with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron, annotates in a patient’s medical record of their immunotherapy visit at Misawa Air Bas... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician with the 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, peers into the eyes of Tina Rueb, a child youth program assistant with the Lunney Youth Center, at Misawa Air... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso positions

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso positions

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso positions Staff Sgt. Mike George, both diagnostic imaging technologists with the 35th Surgical Operations Squadron, so he’s able to capture a Grashey’s view image of... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy technician with the 35th Medical Support Squadron, hands a patient their prescription at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 4, 2016. An integral unit to keeping Mi... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sits on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, as part of a newly stood up Air Conti... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes off from Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 19, 2016. The A-10Cs are part of the newly stood up Air Con... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kathlyn Hidalgo (left), an

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kathlyn Hidalgo (left), an

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kathlyn Hidalgo (left), an independent duty medical technician with the 25th Fighter Squadron, and Senior Airman Nikkie Javier (right), a precision guided munitions crew chief with the... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, the 28th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, the 28th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, the 28th Annual American Day queen and an allergy and immunization technicians with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron, smiles and waves as she walks by attendees d... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, talks about the benefits associated with the unit’s bomb suit and robot with ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, a firefighter with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, charges a diode for a M32A-60A gas turbine generator during Misawa’s first-ever career field exchange and sh... More

A tent’s ropes used to secure the weather fly whip

A tent’s ropes used to secure the weather fly whip

A tent’s ropes used to secure the weather fly whip around in the evening’s breeze in the Rush Park life support area at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 14, 2017. Rush Park is home to 24 tents and severa... More

The Korean War Monument can be seen from nearly every

The Korean War Monument can be seen from nearly every

The Korean War Monument can be seen from nearly every outdoor exhibition area at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 18, 2017. The monument stands as a testament to the nearly 200,000 s... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Fredrick Millar, left, talks

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Fredrick Millar, left, talks

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Fredrick Millar, left, talks airlift strategy with Royal Australian Air Force Flt. Lt. Kyle Hornberg, right center, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Kyle Tobin, right, as Republic of Korea Air Fo... More

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, a 2nd Air Wing

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, a 2nd Air Wing

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, a 2nd Air Wing Base Air Defense M-61 20 mm Vulcan cannon operator, explains the capabilities of the installation’s defense network to a group of U.S. Airmen participating... More

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary

Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of a C-130J Super Hercules at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, July 1, 201... More

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names

Senior Master Sgt. Eric Bias renders a salute as names of lost service members who served at the Grand Slam Wing were listed during a 9/11 retreat ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia,... More

Brig. Gen. Roger Watkins along with Airmen 1st Class

Brig. Gen. Roger Watkins along with Airmen 1st Class

Brig. Gen. Roger Watkins along with Airmen 1st Class Katherine Hagan and Jacob Warren slice the cake during the Air Force birthday celebration at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 20... More

Group Capt. Domonic Stamp salutes his troops during

Group Capt. Domonic Stamp salutes his troops during

Group Capt. Domonic Stamp salutes his troops during the Battle of Britain Day parade ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 20, 2013. The RAF holds this day special as it was the ... More

Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Johnston addresses

Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Johnston addresses

Senior Chief Petty Officer Laura Johnston addresses those in attendance at the base’s prisoners of war and missing in action 24-hour vigil run closing ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest A... More

Capt. Jordan Tribble dowses 1st Lt. Susan Harrington

Capt. Jordan Tribble dowses 1st Lt. Susan Harrington

Capt. Jordan Tribble dowses 1st Lt. Susan Harrington “trapped by fire” during a fire muster event at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 28, 2013. Tribble is the 379th AEW wing section com... More

Pat McCarthy calibrates a device used to check engine

Pat McCarthy calibrates a device used to check engine

Pat McCarthy calibrates a device used to check engine vibration on KC-135 Stratotankers at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 5, 2013. McCarthy is a 92nd Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment ... More

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet

Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra sizes Leslie Lowe for her helmet and mask in preparation for a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds orientation flight as part of SkyFest 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May 29, 2014. The... More

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway

Team Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers taxi to the runway during an operational readiness exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 22, 2014. The Wing Inspection Team-planned exercise allowed 92nd and 141s... More

The Fairchild air traffic control tower stands watch

The Fairchild air traffic control tower stands watch

The Fairchild air traffic control tower stands watch as Airmen participate in a foreign object damage walk at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Oct. 31, 2014. FOD walks ensure something as simple as a rock or pe... More

Despite frigid temperatures and gusty winds, an Airway

Despite frigid temperatures and gusty winds, an Airway

Despite frigid temperatures and gusty winds, an Airway Heights’ Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3386 member renders a salute as fellow community members, Fairchild Air Force Base’s Honor Guard and Boy Scout Troop... More

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Capt. Brian Blackwell, a 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron general dentist, assisted by Staff Sgt. Adam Lloyd, a 92nd AMDS dental assistant, applies a special bleaching agent to a tooth’s discolored root canal o... More

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, scans a KC-135 Stratotanker part with the unit’s new 3-D laser imaging arm March 25, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Bas... More

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron certified dental assistant, dabs various types of medical moulage makeup portraying second degree burns to the arm of Airman 1st Class Jauna Williams, a... More

Fire suppression foam engulfs a maintenance hangar

Fire suppression foam engulfs a maintenance hangar

Fire suppression foam engulfs a maintenance hangar as part of a test of the installation’s high expansion foam discharge in the repair aircraft maintenance hangar April 8, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Was... More

Two F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint

Two F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint

Two F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis escort a 92nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on their way to exercise Amalgam Dart 15-2 May ... More

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, explains Fairchild’s mission of fueling freedom around the world and the importance of a supporting community during Fourth of July celebrations at Riverf... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right, practices an allergy skin test on Staff Sgt. Cherie Gregory, left, both allergy and immunization technicians with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron, at Misa... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ronny Bowman, an optometric physician with the 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, examines the eyes of Tina Rueb, a child youth program assistant with the Lunney Youth Center, at Misawa Air B... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Grosso, a diagnostic imaging technologist with the 35th Surgical Operations Squadron, conducts post-processing operations of a patient’s chest X-ray at Misawa Air Base, Jap... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a pharmacy technician with the 35th Medical Support Squadron, placed this saline pouch and medication on a counter before injecting the drug into the pouch for a proced... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sits on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, after having flown missions in suppor... More

A Philippine Air Force PZL W-3 Sokół search and rescue

A Philippine Air Force PZL W-3 Sokół search and rescue

A Philippine Air Force PZL W-3 Sokół search and rescue helicopter flies over as two U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepare for lift off at Cl... More

A local Japanese resident records a Misawa Air Base

A local Japanese resident records a Misawa Air Base

A local Japanese resident records a Misawa Air Base fire truck during the 28th Annual American Day parade showcasing the city’s bilateral partnership among U.S. military and Japanese residents in Misawa City, J... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Waller, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, shows a Japanese man how to operate the unit’s bomb disposal robot during a c... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, left,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, left,

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaquille Montague, left, a firefighter with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, watches as Senior Airman Kelci Vo, an aerospace ground equipment journeyman with the 35th Maintenance ... More

The lights remain off 24/7 in the tents and K-spans

The lights remain off 24/7 in the tents and K-spans

The lights remain off 24/7 in the tents and K-spans in the Rush Park life support area where personnel deployed in support of Key Resolve 2017 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 15, 2017. The K-span, wh... More

U.S. service members forward deployed for Key Resolve

U.S. service members forward deployed for Key Resolve

U.S. service members forward deployed for Key Resolve 2017 take a moment reading the names of all the brave men and women who died for the freedom of the Korean people at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, Rep... More

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, right, a 2nd

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, right, a 2nd

Koku-Jieitai Master Sgt. Hiroshi Osawa, right, a 2nd Air Wing Base Air Defense M-61 20 mm Vulcan cannon operator, explains the weapon’s capabilities to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jessica Nienheuser, left, the 35... More

Runners begin at the 9/11 Memorial 5K at the 379th

Runners begin at the 9/11 Memorial 5K at the 379th

Runners begin at the 9/11 Memorial 5K at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2013. More than 430 service members came out for the run commemorating all the lives lost in the attacks on... More

Senior Airman Stephan Hall and Staff Sgt. Ephraim Colburn

Senior Airman Stephan Hall and Staff Sgt. Ephraim Colburn

Senior Airman Stephan Hall and Staff Sgt. Ephraim Colburn perform their dance routine as part of the ‘You Got Served’ dance competition at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2013. The... More

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand

Royal Air Force service members respectfully stand at attention as Capt. Haley Armstrong plays “Last Post” and “Reveille” on her trumpet during the Battle of Britain Day parade ceremony at the 379th Air Expedit... More

Deployed U.S. service members, coalition and mission

Deployed U.S. service members, coalition and mission

Deployed U.S. service members, coalition and mission partners gather for a prisoners of war and missing in action remembrance ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 21, 2013. In t... More

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