FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. — Three airmen and a lieutenant were sworn in to the United States Space Force at Fairchild Air Force Base on Wednesday.
According to a FAFB Facebook post, the four were the first servicemembers from the base to be sworn into the the country's newest military branch.
The ceremony took place at the base's Michael Anderson statue, according to the post. Anderson was an astronaut who graduated from Cheney High School and died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
"The ceremony took place at the Michael Anderson statue, in memory and honor of the pioneers that have gone before, like Anderson, the late U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. and astronaut for NASA," the base said in the post.
