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  • Fairchild Air Force Base
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  • The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing (92 ARW) assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. The 92 ARW is responsible for providing air refueling, as well as passenger and cargo airlift and aero-medical evacuation missions supporting U.S. and coalition conventional operations as well as U.S. Strategic Command strategic deterrence missions. Fairchild AFB was established in 1942 as the Spokane Air Depot. It is named in honor of General Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950). A World War I aviator, he was the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force at the time of his death.
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  • 13899
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  • 300
pushpin label
  • KSKA
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elevation-m
  • 750
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ICAO
  • KSKA
latd
  • 47
Garrison
  • 7948800.0
longs
  • 20
FAA
  • SKA
Built
  • 1942
r1-length-m
  • 4236
latm
  • 36
longm
  • 39
Name
  • Airfield information
  • Fairchild Air Force Base 50px
r1-surface
  • Concrete
Caption
  • Boeing KC-135 assigned to Fairchild AFB, Washington
lats
  • 54
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  • W
Part of
pushpin map
  • Washington
IATA
  • SKA
pushpin label position
  • bottom
pushpin map caption
  • Location of Fairchild Air Force Base
r1-number
  • 5
latNS
  • N
used
  • 1942
longd
  • 117
elevation-f
  • 2461
Website
Builder
  • U.S. Government
Location
  • Located near: Spokane, Washington
abstract
  • The host unit at Fairchild is the 92d Air Refueling Wing (92 ARW) assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. The 92 ARW is responsible for providing air refueling, as well as passenger and cargo airlift and aero-medical evacuation missions supporting U.S. and coalition conventional operations as well as U.S. Strategic Command strategic deterrence missions. Fairchild AFB was established in 1942 as the Spokane Air Depot. It is named in honor of General Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950). A World War I aviator, he was the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force at the time of his death. The 92d Air Refueling Wing is commanded by Colonel Brian M. Newberry. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Wendy Hansen.
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