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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Kenneth Goulding, a 92nd Maintenance Squadron transient alert aircraft servicer, taxies in a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 26, 2016, at Fairchild AFB, Wash. Because of its ramp space, logistical capabilities and maintenance facilities, Fairchild AFB received six KC-135 Stratotankers that were evacuated from McConnell AFB due to projected severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous)Fairchild takes in evacuated McConnell KC-135s
                        
                        
                        Kenneth Goulding, a 92nd Maintenance Squadron transient alert aircraft servicer, taxies in a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 26, 2016, at Fairchild AFB, Wash. Because of its ramp space, logistical capabilities and maintenance facilities, Fairchild AFB received six KC-135 Stratotankers that were evacuated from McConnell AFB due to projected severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous)
                
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        Crew members from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., unload their KC-135 Stratotankers on April 26, 2016, at Fairchild AFB, Wash. Six KC-135s along with 36 crew members from McConnell AFB evacuated to Fairchild AFB due to projected severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous)Fairchild takes in evacuated McConnell KC-135s
                        
                        
                        Crew members from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., unload their KC-135 Stratotankers on April 26, 2016, at Fairchild AFB, Wash. Six KC-135s along with 36 crew members from McConnell AFB evacuated to Fairchild AFB due to projected severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous)
                
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Fairchild takes in evacuated McConnell KC-135sPublished April 28, 2016
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Taylor Bourgeous
                    
                    
                    92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
            **FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNS)  --**Because of its ramp space, logistical capabilities and maintenance facilities, Fairchild Air Force Base received six KC-135 Stratotankers that were evacuated April 26 from McConnell AFB, Kansas, due to projected severe weather.
"Severe weather with damaging winds and hail with a possibility of tornados was predicted in Kansas," said Col. Phil Heseltine, the 22nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander. "As a precaution, we decided to evacuate aircraft to an area with less risk."
Along with the six aircraft, 36 aircrew and support personnel from McConnell AFB arrived to continue their air refueling missions.
"We are hoping the aircraft and crews will return to McConnell as soon as possible," Heseltine said. "Although it will all depend on the weather and safety situation."
In addition to the Stratotankers, three RC-135V/W Rivet Joint and one E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft from Offutt AFB, Nebraska, along with aircrew and support personnel, were evacuated to Fairchild AFB last weekend due to severe weather.
"Our partnership and shared resources are hallmarks of how Team Fairchild operates ... and that includes our entire Air Force family," said Col. Matthew T. Fritz, the 92nd ARW vice commander. "We're proud of the ample ramp space we are blessed with, not to mention our unequalled 135 support capability.
“As a 'center of excellence for air refueling,' helping our teammates in a time of need is what we are all about."KC-135 



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