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Vol. 81, No. 6 March Air Reserve Base, California Friday, February 12, 2016

NEWS BRIEFS March C-17 delivers HH-60 helicopter
ENLISTED for Korean Air Lines depot maintenance
DEVELOPMENTAL

EDUCATION BOARD

Air Reserve Personnel

Center officials will release

the Invitation to Apply and

open the application cycle for

the annual Enlisted Devel-

opmental Education Board

Friday, Feb. 5. The EDEB

will convene May 16 at HQ

ARPC. All applications are

due to ARPC no later than

April 15, 4:30 p.m. MT. Call

the Total Force Service Cen-

ter at DSN 665-0102 or 210-

565-0102 for questions or

further information.

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ucation and Training (Bldge DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR Master Sgt. Jeffery Hauck, together so that it’s as fresh as supported by engineers. They
441) parking lot. Registra- FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- A 943rd Maintenance Squadron the day it came off the assem- can fix anything that is an issue
tion is filling fast so register 943rd Rescue Group HH-60 superintendent. “Pacific Air bly line,” said Master Sgt. Al- on the helicopter.”
soon! Squadrons must have returned to Davis-Monthan Forces (including the Air Na- vin Benedict, the maintenance
10-15 Airmen (no more, no AFB Jan. 28 after a year at the tional Guard in Alaska) has team lead for the project. The HH-60 from Davis-
less) per team. Choose your Korean Air Lines Joint Depot been using this facility, but Monthan AFB went to Korea in
fastest Airmen and carry your Level Maintenance facility for typically we’ve gone to Corpus “Every aircraft the Air Force January 2015. It underwent the
squadron guidon. Distance is its 78-month major overhaul. Christie Army Depot in Texas has goes through some kind of same processes that stateside
3.2 miles and participating and Elizabeth City, N.C., for program depot maintenance,” depots perform, and took about
teams must wear squadron This is the first time that the this overhaul.” said Benedict, a 17-year veter- a year to complete.
morale shirts (AF PT shirts Air Force Reserve Command an of the career field. “There’s
if no morale shirts available) has sent one of its helicopters The overhaul is essentially a maintenance we can do in the “By using KAL, we were
and Air Force PT shorts. Do- to Korea instead of using state- complete refurbishment. field, and there’s maintenance able to save both time and
nations are $10 per person side depots. our technicians aren’t certi- money compared to using a
“They strip the airplane fied to do; [depot] is the most stateside depot,” said Maj.
See BRIEFS page 3 “We were the first in the low- down to nothing, fix any cor- intense form of maintenance, Dusty Dossman, 943rd MXS
er 48 to use KAL,” said Chief rosion, and then put it back commander.