Page 1 - Desert Lightning News So. AZ Edition April 2020
P. 1
Vol. 14, No. 4 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base April 2021
Look for expanded coverage in the digital edition of Desert Lightning News and on
www.aerotechnews.com/davis-monthanafb/.
INSIDE AFWERX crowns 2021 Spark Tank winner
by
AiR FoRCe ReSeARCh
StorIES LABoRAToRY
D-M spouse wins award, 2 Public Affairs
WRiGhT-pATTeRSoN
Rescue units forward AiR FoRCe BASe, ohio —
stage to Alaska, 3 Master Sgt. Justin Bauer from
563rd OSS AFE wins the 355th Fighter Wing at
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
award, 4 was awarded the prestigious
AFWERX Spark Tank trophy,
355th MDG deploys, 5 after his innovative method for
C-130 Hercules wheel repair
Joint training builds was selected as the Spark Tank
readiness, 6/7 2021 winner Feb. 26.
The Spark Tank event allows
A-10C Thunderbolt Airmen to offer improvements
II Demo Team pilot and solutions to the problems
announced, 8 they face in everyday opera-
tions. These incredible Airmen
find, and oftentimes, create AfwERx courtesy graphic
inventions that alleviate is- Master Sgt. Justin Bauer from the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was
sues they experience while named the winner of the Spark Tank 2021 competition, Feb. 26. Bauer’s innovative design
working across myriad Air method for C-130 Hercules wheel repair was selected as the winner of the capstone innovation
See AfwERx, Page 9 campaign.
Continue to get Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base latest news and Heritage Flight Training Course 2021 concludes
information from these sources:
http://www.aerotechnews.
com/davis-monthanafb by Senior Airman Force’s recruiting and re-
and social media tention programs,” said Lt.
Desert Lightning News JACoB T. STepheNS Col. Chris McAlear, Air Com-
355th Wing Public Affairs
Date of publication bat Command chief of aerial
Davis-Monthan hosted Air
First Friday Combat Command’s Heritage events. “Through this certifi-
cation process, demonstration
of the month Flight Training Course in Tuc- team pilots are prepared to
Submission deadline son, Arizona, from March 3 to 7. perform at airshows across
15th day of the month The HFTC is an annual the world.”
Along with getting indi-
prior to date of publication event that trains and certi- vidual team certifications for
fies members of the four ACC
Veterans single-ship demonstration the A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-16
Viper, F-22 Raptor and F-35
teams for their upcoming air-
Senior Airman Nicholas Ross show season, which includes Lightning II demonstration
Tell us Your Story A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the F-35A national and international teams’ aircraft, the teams
Active-duty, Reserve, Retirees Lightning II Demonstration Team, an A-1 Skyraider and a P- 51 events. trained and flew in formation
All military branches are included Mustang fly in formation over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base “This course, hosted at Da- with World War II, Korean and
Email name, phone number and a vis-Monthan Air Force Base, Vietnam War–era aircraft,
brief description of your service to March 5. Heritage Flight Training Course showcases the abili-
amy@aerotechnews.com ties of professional Airmen and combat advances made by the contributes to our readiness representing the lineage of
U.S. Air Force. by strengthening the Air See hERITAgE, Page 2
See DOOLITTLE, Page 7
AlwAys free Access!
Frequent Updates – Breaking News – Local • Regional • National
