Col. Chad Cisewski, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, prepares to use a backhoe to tear down a piece of the perimeter wall at the construction project's field site on Fairchild Air Force Base, May 9, 2025. The project is central to Fairchild's expansion after receiving an additional 12 KC-135 Stratotankers from McConnel Air Force Base in Kansas in 2019.