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Vol. 66 No. 23
June 10, 2016

F-35 parts store moves to new, larger location

By Airman 1st class Kevin tanenbaum U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum

99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Larson, 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron NCO in-charge of the F-35 Aircraft Parts Store, works
with her Airmen to move F-35 parts from the store’s old location into their new building at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.,
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — With the Air June 6. The Airmen of the parts store will be moving to a new location and assisting with the school house curriculum
Force’s growing F-35 program, it is essential to supply in order to help prepare the Air Force to bring the F-35 to Initial Operational Capability.
the shops that support the airframe with the resources
necessary to perform at their highest potential.

The Airmen of the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron
F-35 Aircraft Parts Store at Nellis AFB will be moving to
a new location and assisting with Air Force’s technical
training school house curriculum in order to provide
the ability to accomplish their mission more efficiently.

The F-35 parts store is a key function that has only one
singular mission: to support the F-35 program.

“We support the F-35 program with whatever parts
they may need whether that be aircraft parts, hazardous
materials, support equipment spares, we also support
the F-35 flight simulator shop and assist with managing
their spares,” said Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Larson, 99th LRS
F-35 Aircraft Parts Store NCO in-charge

With the old part store already having over 6,500 line
items and growing, the move to a new facility was long
overdue, according to Senior Airman Adam M. Johnson,
99th LRS F-35 Aircraft Parts Store journeyman.

“The new facility has a lot more space, which we really
need,” said Larson. “We will also have a loading dock
with a dock leveler, which is needed because we receive
a lot of rolling stock for support equipment that we are
unable to receive at our interim facility so we have to go
to the main LRS building to use their docks to load and
See F-35, on page 3

MFLC Program here to help

By Airman 1st class nathan Byrnes stress, deployments and others. Many tary Family Life Counseling Program. the optimization of the MFLC program
service members also contend with issues “One of the challenges facing the Air resources to increase support and educa-
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs at home that may affect their families, tion within units and across the base.”
jobs, and local communities. Force community is the loss of Total
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.— Force Airmen to suicide,” said Carla According to Diamond, these efforts
Military members may face a number of The military offers a wide variety of Diamond, Airman and Family Readi- were put in place after the Air Force Sui-
unique challenges related to their service, programs to help individuals learn valu- ness Center section chief. “Multiple ef- See mFlc, on page 6
including difficult duty assignments, able skills to help them deal with these forts have been deployed to address
long separations from loved ones, combat issues. One of these programs is the Mili- suicide prevention. One of the latest is

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