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Vol. 10, No. 10 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base October 2017 AN AEROTECH NEWS AND REVIEW PUBLICATION • WWW.AEROTECHNEWS.COM
INSIDE
ECS sim gets facelift ...
Senior Airman Ashley Steffen
Capt. Brett Neilson, 55th Electronic Combat Group in- structor, and Capt. Megan Russell, 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron evaluation pilot, simulate a landing of an EC-130H Com- pass Call Sept. 22 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The 42nd ECS flight simulator went through a $10.5 million upgrade
to better prepare pilots for their fu- ture flights. For the story, see Page 7.
StorIES
POW/MIA, 3
Pave Hawk remote repair, 4
Airman saves baby, 6
MSgt testing, 10
ALS at Camp Bravo, 16
Ft. Huachuca history, 18 FEAtUrE
Airman 1st Class Michael Beyer
JUST-IN-CASE TRAINING
See Page 12
Davis-Monthan, Spangdahlem earn Innkeeper Awards
by STEVE WARNS
AFIMSC Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACK- LAND, Texas —Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, and Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, were named the 2017 Air Force Innkeeper Award winners.
Davis-Monthan and Spangdahlem were among eight finalists in two categories. Davis-Monthan won the large category (286 rooms or more) while Spangdahlem won the small category (285 rooms or fewer).
“The hard work, dedication and commit- ment of the lodging managers and their team resulted in Davis-Monthan and Spangdahlem being recognized as the best lodging operations in the Air Force,” said Col. Donna Turner, AFSVA commander.
Eielson AFB, Alaska; Hurlburt Field, Florida, and Incirlik AB, Turkey, joined Davis-Monthan as large category finalists. Dover AFB, Delaware; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; and Laughlin AFB, Texas, joined Spangdahlem as small category finalists.
Each major command, or MAJCOM,
nominated a lodging operation within its command to compete for the award. The lodging operations were evaluated on customer service, housekeeping, financial status and management.
Serving as an evaluator was a rewarding experience for Maj. Adam Baker, Air Force Lodging chief.
“This allows you to get out and see some people doing some amazing work,” he said, who was on the small category team. “I ex- pected them to be awesome, and they were. All of the installations I visited showcased services professionals investing in Airmen and families.”
Daniel Baker, lodging manager at Davis- Monthan, said he wasn’t surprised his team won.
“We worked hard to prepare,” Baker said. “The evaluation was very in-depth, and they checked every aspect of the operation. Our motto is AIR, or Always Innkeeper Ready. Our goal every day is to provide clean, quality rooms to our guests with exceptional guest service displayed by the entire staff.”
Emily Day, lodging manager at the Eifel
Arms Inn at Spangdahlem, said she wasn’t surprised Spangdahlem won.
“My staff has such dedication and drive that I was confident we would bring the trophy back to Spangdahlem,” Day said. “We’re a family of American and German Nationals, and since we’re a family, we pro- vide our guests with outstanding customer service and welcome them as though they are family, too.”
The evaluation team also nominated one person from each installation for the Innkeeper Travelers’ Award, which honors those who exhibit the highest standards of professionalism, customer service and job knowledge.
The nominees are Serdal Aydin (Incirlik); Cristina Byrd (Davis-Monthan); Jonelle Kurdziolek (Eielson); Martin Molli (Spang- dahlem); Michele Riley (Dover); Stephen Robinson (Mountain Home); Abby Salas (Laughlin); and Diana Yelder (Hurlburt).
AFSVA will announce the overall Trav- elers’ award winners and present the Inn- keeper Award trophies at the 2017 Lodging Managers Workshop Nov. 7 through 10 at MacDill AFB, Florida.
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