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• Search resumes today for missing Fairchild airman

  April 3, 2012 in News Emergency crews are resuming a search today for a missing Fairchild airman in the Bowl and Pitcher area of the Spokane River. 1

• EADS won’t appeal Boeing contract

  March 4, 2011 in City The European plane-building company that lost out on a $35 billion refueling tanker deal isn’t appealing the Air Force’s decision to go with Chicago-based Boeing.

• Pentagon extends Air Force tanker bid deadline

  March 31, 2010 in Nation/World The deadline for bids on a $35 billion contract for refueling jets will be extended by 60 days so the European maker of Airbus can compete, the Pentagon said Wednesday. 1

• Tanker deal closer, general says

  August 22, 2009 in City on Page B1 The selection of a new plane to replace the Air Force’s aging tanker fleet could be finalized within a year, a four-star general said Friday at Fairchild Air Force Base. …

• General says tanker contract should be finalized next year

  August 21, 2009 in City The selection of new plane to replace the Air Force’s aging tanker fleet could be finalized within a year, a four-star general said Friday at Fairchild Air Force Base. 2

• Airman honored, remembered

  March 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 In the Montesano, Wash., gymnasium where he once excelled as a high school wrestler, Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Davis of Spokane on Saturday was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star …

• In forgotten war, failure ‘a realistic prospect’

  March 16, 2008 in City on Page A10 It’s often dubbed the other war. Sometimes the forgotten war. But the six-year battle in Afghanistan is coming off its deadliest year yet, and observers say 2008 could be a …