Skyfest grounded another year

FAIRCHILD AFB -- Lovers of fast aircraft, aerial acrobatics and aviation history will have to wait until 2022 to get their fill.

In a Feb. 17 post on their Facebook page, Fairchild Air Force Base officials said that because of the continuing issues surround the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Inland Northwest Skyfest event has been postponed. Officials said the looked a number of alternatives for staging the event, but in the end couldn't find a way to do so without creating potential risks to the community and the air base.

"We understand what the air show means to Fairchild and the surrounding c...