The first home to be completed under a $170 million housing upgrade project at Fairchild AFB, Wash., west of Spokane, was turned over to an Air Force family Wednesday during a ceremony. The Associated Press reported yesterday (via the Seattle Post Intelligencer) that the family will move into the three-bedroom home later this month. It is one of 81 new homes planned for construction at Fairchild over the next five years. The Air Force is also having 560 existing houses at Fairchild renovated and is converting 108 duplexes into single-family units, according to AP.
AFSOC Grounds CV-22 Osprey Fleet Over Safety Issue
Aug. 17, 2022
Air Force Special Operations Command grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet Aug. 16 as part of a safety stand down, with no timeline set for the aircraft to begin flying again, the command confirmed to Air Force Magazine. The stand down, ordered by AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife,…