Team Fairchild’s Fitness Center reopened its doors to Airmen, following its temporary close, on June 22 as part of the latest measures enacted in Health Protection Condition Bravo +.
With Air Force physical fitness tests set to resume in October 2020, the gym reopening provides Airmen the opportunity to improve their physical fitness and prepare for their upcoming tests, while also maintaining their mental and physical resilience.
Fairchild’s own, Staff Sgt. Joseph Pace, 92nd Security Forces Squadron installation patrolman, completed the grueling 62 day course in April after starting in November 2019. This combat leadership course is divided into three phases that focus on small-unit tactics, realistic fieldwork and sound leadership under stressful conditions, such as fatigue and hunger. Only about 300 Airmen have completed the course.
Team Fairchild’s Air Force Repair Enhancement Program flight and Aircrew Flight Equipment unit have worked to create hundreds of protective facemasks for Fairchild Airmen to wear amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This effort comes after the secretary of defense released a policy stating that all individuals, including military personnel, civilian employees, family members and contractors on Department of Defense property, installations and...
With the challenges of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and physically distancing in an effort to flatten the curve, Team Fairchild will be conducting Wingman Day virtually, April 17.
Wingman Day focuses on maintaining Airmen connectedness, along with physical, social, spiritual and mental fitness by personal interaction within the squadrons. The decision to make the upcoming Wingman Day still occur is to allow Airmen to maintain their readiness...
Team Fairchild, being the first base in the military, introduced a way to provide virtual physical therapy to Airmen while also preventing the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and improving mission readiness March 24, 2020.
The therapy is now demonstrated by 92nd Medical Group doctors and physical therapists through video teleconferencing with the Airmen, allowing them to stay physically fit and socially separated.
