Hometown hero flight at Fairchild Air Force Base

Hometown hero flight at Fairchild Air Force Base, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and Mr. Patrick Carbaugh, a husband, father, veteran, and a police officer for the city of Airway Heights. He has worked for Airway Heights Police Department for six years, and he himself grew up in the very city he now serves. He is also the School Resource Officer for the Cheney School District. Carbaugh is now working to build a summer program called PAL (Police Adventure League) for at risk youth within the Cheney School District, partnering with Peak7, a non-profit outdoor adventure group.

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Fri., May 13, 2022

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Jacob Impellizzeri takes Airway Height Police officer Patrick Carbaugh for a flight in a F-16 fighter jet, Friday. May 13, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base. The jet took off fast and went straight up into the cloud deck hitting g-force of 9.

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Patrick Carbaugh, an Airway Heights Police officer, does a pre-flight check Friday before taking a ride in a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 fighter jet.

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Landon Carbaugh, 9, cheers Friday as his father Patrick Ray Carbaugh was taken for a thrilling ride in a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 fighter jet at Fairchild Air Force Base.

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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Jacob Impellizzeri presents Airway Height Police officer Patrick Carbaugh with a framed photograph of the Thunderbirds after Carbaugh took a flight with Maj. Impellizzeri in an F-16 fighter jet, Friday. May 13, 2022, at Fairchild Air Force Base.

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