Construction Begins On Historical Air Force-Spokane Partnership For Regional Indoor Small Arms Range In Spokane County

Spokane WA

15 April, 2022

8:08 PM

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Press release from the Spokane County Government: April 14, 2022 SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Representatives from Fairchild Air Force Base, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office and the Spokane County Board of Commissioners celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony, April 13, for the Spokane Regional Indoor Small Arms Range. This event is the result of a 9-year effort to forge a partnership between the three entities. The agreement that led to construction of this facility was the first of its kind between the Air Force and a local government to jointly utilize facilities to benefit a military installation and a local government. The first public-to-public partnership of its kind for the Air Force, the goal of this partnership is to best utilize limited resources to provide a capability that Spokane County and the Air Force need to ensure mission readiness. It eliminates the need to build duplicate facilities for each entity, and will save taxpayers money. This press release was produced by the Spokane County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.