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Thunderbolt 56Th MainTenanCe group October 2018
Courtesy photo
Hispanic Heritage Month
Nobel Prize winner’s
line began in Spain, Cuba
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American physicist, inventor and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968. He was born in San Francisco on June 13, 1911, the second child and oldest son of Walter Alvarez, a physician, and his wife Harriet née Smyth.
His grandfather, Luis F. Álvarez, was a physician who lived in Spain, Cuba, and eventually the United States. In 1926 his father became a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, and the fam- ily moved to rochester, Minnesota, where Alvarez attended rochester High School. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1932, a master’s degree in 1934 and a PhD in 1936.
During World War II, Alvarez worked on numerous radar
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56th Component Maintenance Squadron
Mission: We build the future of airpower by provid- ing safe and reliable component repair of propul- sion, avionics, accessories, and test, measurement, and diagnostics equipment systems.
Leadership
Commander: Maj. Edward romero Superintendent: Chief Master Sgt. Brian Bowers First sergeant: Master Sgt. Brian Shaw Responsibilities: Comprised of 284 military and 50 civilian personnel across seven Air Force spe- cialties. “We Are the Scorpions! We Put the Sting in the Wing,” by delivering maintenance solutions for the Air Force’s largest combat pilot training program. We are divided into four maintenance flights and one supporting section: Propulsion, avionics, accessories, test, measurement and di- agnostic equipment, and command support staff. • Propulsion conducts intermediate maintenance for 140 Pratt & Whitney F-100 engines valued at $450 million, in support of 128 F-16s. The flight is comprised of four sections: Jet engine interme- diate maintenance, modular repair, test cell, and support section totaling 58 enlisted and 26 civilian personnel. Propulsion’s extraordinary production of 60 engines per year has been recognized by Pratt and Whitney as the top performer for 12 consecutive years.
• Avionics provides uncompromised safety, excep- tional quality and unparalleled flightline support to F-16 avionics systems through component re- pair of more than 56 different navigation, radar
and communications systems. recognized as No.1 out of 28 avi- onics sections during the second quarter of 2017.
• Accessories consists
of 150 technicians
across four sections:
Egress, fuels, electro envi-
ronmental, and hydraulics, which provide equip- ment repairs on F-16 and F-35 platforms. Provides emergency ejection capability, aircraft fuel system distribution, and electrical and hydraulic compo- nent repair. Hydraulics operates the Air Force’s sole West Coast centralized repair facility, sup- porting 313 F-16s, F-15s, and A-10s across AETC, Air Combat Command, and Air Force reserve Command. Accessories complete more than 12,000 maintenance actions a year, and hydraulics’ CrF, provide the Air Force an annual $5 million savings. • Test, measurement and diagnostic equipment verifies the proper operation of test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment through calibration. TMDE supplies calibration and repair support to more than 6,000 items owned by 107 work sec- tions. TMDE’s efforts impact the mission success of AETC, ACC, Air Mobility Command, Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Materiel Com- mand, Air Force reserve Command and the Air National Guard.