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Vol. 80, No. 34
NEWS BRIEFS Team March maintainers refurbish
BEACON CORRECTION
The picture on the front page
KC-135 Stratotanker in record timeof the August 21, 2015 issue of
the Beacon was taken by Staff
Sgt. Heather Cozad-Staley.
LEGAL OFFICE MOVES
TO BLDG 470
The 452nd Air Mobility
Wing Legal Office has moved
to the Wing Headquarters, Bldg.
470, Room 209 (2nd floor),
2145 Graeber St. The office
phone numbers will remain the
same. They are 452 AMW/JA
on UTA’s at 951-655-4454; 951
RSPTS/JA on weekdays at 951-
655-4479.
Service members and fed-
eral civilians may visit the Air
Force Legal Assistance Web-
site at https://aflegalassistance. 452nd Maintenance Squadron.
law.af.mil for wills and Powers
of Attorney (POA) and follow
these steps:
1. Go to legal worksheets
tab and complete wills and/or
POAs.
2. Save the ticket number(s).
Hint: Use your smart phone to
take a screen shot of the ticket
number(s).
3. Provide legal office with
the ticket number(s) and last
name(s) via email at 452AMW.
JA@us.af.mil or telephone (list-
ed above).
Any feedback for the March
ABR legal offices is greatly ap-
preciated. Complete a client
feedback survey at https://afleg-
alassistance.law.af.mil.
452 AMW EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY MOVES
TO BLDG 470
Please be advised that the
452nd Air Mobility Wing’s
Equal Opportunity office for
EO (military) and EEO (civil-
ian) services has moved and is
now located on the second floor
of the Wing Headquarters, Bldg
470, Room 207, 2145 Graeber
See BRIEFS page 3
March Air Reserve Base, California Friday, August 28, 2015
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lindemann
Staff Sgt. Caleb Meyer, an active-duty crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Neftali Rivera, an Air Reserve Technician and crew chief, both
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the replacing, repainting and resurfacing off all interior aircraft parts.
by Staff Sgt. Tiffany M. Lindemann and look like they are brand new after being As Total Force Integration is becoming the
452 AMW public affairs refurbished,” said Staff Sgt. Caleb Meyer, an model approach for March, this refurbishment
active duty crew chief assigned to the 752nd was an example of the program’s success, said
March aircraft maintainers recently com- Maintenance Squadron, who worked on the Meyers. The refurbishment team included tra-
pleted a full interior refurbishment on a KC-135 refurbishment detail. ditional reservists, Air Reserve Technicians
Stratotanker ahead of schedule, an accomplish- and active duty personnel.
ment that was not an easy task, said Master Sgt. Interior refurbishments include repainting,
Brad A. Rosario, the Aircraft Structural Main- replacing and resurfacing any interior parts “It’s important to have people who really
tenance Refurbishment Supervisor from the that require it. care on your team when doing a refurbish-
ment,” said Rosario who went on to talk high-
Painting is done by aircraft structural main- ly of his TFI team members. “This is a good
While March has accomplished several tenance personnel, which requires extra train- group of guys. It’s definitely a team effort, and
tanker refurbishments since 2011, this one is ing by maintainers, said Rosario. “The paint is it’s neat to see other shops and AFSCs (Air
particularly memorable in light of the fact that highly toxic, so all of our people are required Force Specialty Codes) come together to ac-
an average aircraft refurbishment takes ap- to be respirator certified.” complish one mission.”
proximately 30 days. However, Stratotanker
3533 took this March team 23 days, finishing All aircraft floorboards had to be unscrewed Although there are currently none sched-
an entire week early. and removed for resurfacing and repainting, uled, aircraft get refurbished as needed and as
which Rosario said was the most time-con- mission schedules allow.
“This is a serious job that requires a lot of suming task of the refurbishment. Addition-
work, and it’s nice to see everything come to- ally, all wall seats and other hanging objects For a period of time, March was part
gether at the end,” said Rosario. had to be either removed and replaced or taped of the Regional Refurbishment program,
for the walls to be painted. completing all 4th Air Force tanker re-
The jet began its complete interior facelift furbishments. This included taking in jets
July 27 with a hard-working crew of maintain- The crew cockpit is completely restored from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,
ers. Walking through the newly painted and with all new carpet and newly-labeled decals, N.C., Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and
upholstered jet, one would think the aircraft a tedious task that requires perfect precision, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, said Rosario.
was fresh off the production line. since the decals mark all pilot controls. However, due to stringent fiscal restraints,
the program has since drawn down.
“These airplanes are well over 50-years-old “It looks like a different plane entirely when
we are finished,” Rosario said.