Duty Description
- Maintains life-saving sys; performs testing on escape subsystems & components; ID's defects & coordinates repairs
- CTK custodian; maintains and inspects tools and support equipment--ensures 100% accountability of all equipment
- Performs pre-installation inspections, removes and replaces egress components, calculates and records new due dates
- Conducts inspections & repairs on 133 Advanced Concept Ejection Seats II for 76 F-15C/D/E acft valued at >$6.5B
- Performs TCTOs/time change item r2s/egress system de-arm & re-arms/safe for mx/functional & operational checks
- Participates in egress systems training & adheres to all ESOHCAMP/explosive safety standards/AFIs/local directives
- Complies with foreign object damage prevention, hardware/tool control & adheres to all Quality Assurance standards
- Performs scheduled/unscheduled on/off eqpmt mx on 40 U-2/T-38 acft; maintains tools/consumables valued at $288K
- Removes, tests, repairs, modifies, inspects, adjusts, replaces and installs egress sys components and explosive devices
- ID's/troubleshoots sys malfunctions; executes operational checkouts; accomplishes TCTOs/TCIs f/ depot/field-lvl mx
- Inspects/maintains PPE; utilizes IMDS to track/document mx actions; ensures strict environmental/safety compliance
Accomplishments
- Accurately verified 240+ munitions items on four aircraft--ensured database integrity with zero overdue items
- AF role model; dedicated 12 hrs to ASD bilingual speech classes--tutored 50 students, cultivated community relations
- Assisted with jammed canopy; ingeniously freed actuator--saved 35 FW $22K/24 man-hours/five NMC days
- Authored gp SOP; sync'd three orgs for corrosion insp/averted 24 hrs NMC time per egress final--svd 504 mx hours yrly
- Collaborated w/ASM on engnr disposition; enabled homestation canopy repairs--restored $300K egress sys to service
- Commanded safety TCTO; organized w/ 5 orgs/integrated into mx/dplymt sched--completed 20% early/84 acft safed
- Completed 60+ seat/cockpit inspections Aug-Sept 08--ensured system integrity for 35 FW's AEF 5 deployment
- Completed more than 70 seat/canopy removal, insps/installs--supt'd FW's 8.1K+ sorties/16.6K+ flt hrs, FY '09
- Completed urgent act OTI; evaluated 66 fuel lines/replaced 2 faulty couplings--safeguarded 24 B-1s/48 GE F-101 engs
- Contributor to sec's IMDS mx documentation effort; 3.7K+ entries w/.53% error rate--beat 35 MXG's 3% std
- Coord'd w/depot mx tm; performed >100 hrs of cockpit preparation--enabled homestation repairs/returned 2 acft FMC
- Coordinated mx between MXS/AMXS/AFE; streamlined back shop response time--integral role in 96% MSE rate
- Dedicated supporter; helped first sergeant on SNCO shortfall on dorm inspection--won JUN dorm of the month
- Deliberate maintainer--adhered to every Safety/TO/AFI procedure--resulting in 0 personnel or ACFT mishaps
- Deployed HAZMAT mbr; organized/maintained 7 lockers/1.25K items/162 SDS--upheld 1 ERS flightline readiness
- Discovered inop oxygen reg on A-10 a/c; acquired TO guidance/replaced part--a/c met sch departure--promote
- Drove 10 in-depth 36 month inspections; performed 225 function checks/inspected seats--100% QA pass rate
- Drove RF-A Ex; supervised three mbr crew/14 egress final insps <48hrs--enabled 163 Jt trng sorties/52 pilot upgrades
- Excelled in E-7 role; supervised 3K mx actions/scheduled 21 TCI consolidations--pivotal to 5.2K flt hrs/97% MSE rt
- Guided mx on 2 F-16 a/c; replaced eight time change items 2 days early--FW 97% mx sched effect rate FY '09
- Guided two CAD/PAD insps; verified service life of 140 explosive items--ensured accountability/serviceability
- Id'd broken parachute tacking during insp; repaired lacing--prevented inadvertant chute deployment--promote!
- Id'd critically damaged detonate trans assy (DTA) line; procured/replaced item--reestablished system integrity
- Initiated acft jacket file review; insp'd/corrected >2K time change data entries--enabled section 100% record integrity
- Instructed deployed Egress FAM; educated/qualified 12 UK psnl escape sys safety--zero mishaps/ int'l relation bolstered
- Keen attention to detail; oversaw upkeep of 8 CTKs/$120k in tools and equipment-- passed 8 QA evaluations
- Key player in sections successful completion of 200+ maintenance tasks--99% on-time aircraft scheduling rate
- Key to section's group-wide egress familiarization initiative; 318 trained in one week--MXG 100% compliant
- Led Exer RED FLAG egress ops; performed >50 mx actions--enabled 669 cmbt trng sorties/maintained 85% MC rate
- Led extended mx rebuild; completed 4 ECRL time changes in 24 hrs vs. 44-hr std--contributed to 10/10 CAF metrics
- Managed 10 egress prsnl shift ops; completed >800 time change item replacements--enabled 7K sorties/10.1K flt-hrs
- Managed sq Weapons Safety prgm; wrote new OI/aligned w/new ACC standards--Wg Safety's "Best Prgm on Base"
- Meticulous inspector; discovered improperly routed wire during incoming inspection--ensured system integrity
- Mng d USFK Stars/Stripes Rugby tm; vol'd 208 hrs/led 52 mbrs/seven games--represented US forces/coined by Sq CC
- Mng'd ATSO rodeo trng event; trnd 23 amn on post attack/MOPP lvl concepts--ensured CFTE 22-1 success/154 sorties
- Motivated! Completed 12 semester credit hours towards CCAF degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology
- Optimized OSS/MXG mx cohesion; rectified 625 AFE time change gaps/avoided >50 discreps--recouped 1K mx hrs
- Oversaw 11 prsnl shift; orchestrated 6K mx tasks/242 TCIs/enabled 8K sorties/12K hrs--amassed 21 QA Honor Rolls
- Oversaw test ACES-II seat repair; coord d three AFSCs/restored trng aide--negated $71K equip damage/svd 344 mx hrs
- Perf'd outside of AFSC; assisted w/ hydraulic sys brake rebuild worth $16K--enabled 234 KC-135 sorties/1.6K flt hrs
- Performed 6 ACES II 36 month inspections; 14 critical discrepancies identified--100% QVI/PE pass rate achieved
- Performed egress seat incoming insp; ID'd improperly installed sensor hose/re-routed--averted catastrophic sys failure
- Prepped 16 ejection seats for seat bucket modification; enhanced seat strength/crew survival during ejection
- Projo'd flt pgm deep-dive insp; conducted 75 SIs/identified 32 major discrep's--enabled 21% QA pass rt incr/Jan-Nov
- Propelled CPI event; led sub-cmte/ID d 23 process deficiencies/gen'd seven publications--slashed gp's lost items 20%
- Pursued AA in Computer Science; aced two college crses/used skills/updated explosive safety pgms--aced four wg insps
- Recovered missing cockpit bolt; prevented seat/canopy removal--earned section's Knucklebuster awd Feb '09
- Responded during crew-show to depleted seat emergency oxygen bottle; replaced in 20 minutes--saved sortie
- Responded for Exer GREEN FLAG "Red Ball" mx; R2 defective canopy actuator--returned acft FMC/met next sortie
- Responded to "red ball" mx; freed stuck ACESII inertia reel restraint sys <15 min--facilitated B-1 560 flt-hrs/50 sorties
- Responded to "red ball" MX; repaired binding inertia reel straps--ensured successful training/combat sortie
- Responded to flight line dispatch;ID'd/replaced failed seat arm switch--indemnified acft FMC/met scheduled sortie
- Responded to inop seat-not-armed switch; troubleshot/repaired < 5 min--a/c met next scheduled training sortie
- Revamped gp's Egress Fam crs; trnd 4 certifiers/31 classes/cleared backlog--cert'd 352 Mx/EOD/1st Responder prsnl
- Revamped section's acft file sys; formulated quick reference tracker/svd 78 mx hrs--earned zero defects on 12 QA insps
- Safety minded; identified/repaired misrouted parachute riser--prevented possible parachute failure/loss of life
- Sect's MASS SME; cmplt'd 9 TCTO mods worth $180K+/trn'd 12 Amn/slashed 72 hr ETIC--incrs'd pilot safety/QoL
- Sel'd f/no-notice TDY; led escape sys de-arm/transport'd muns home station--elim'd $4.3K addnl costs/SNS/DDP svc
- Spt'd OIR; R2'd seat actuator, rtn'd acft FMC < 3 hrs--enabled OTTO/8 BoT/destroyed ISIS training facility/11 EKIA
- Stimulated USO resiliency initiative; liaised w/1st Sgt gp/promoted So You're Leaving Again pgm--15 fams enrolled
- Tackled U-2 egress sys ops; performed 1.5k mx tasks/1.9k insp/2 TCIs--reinforced 9 RW's 14K flt hrs/95% ME rate
- Troubleshot faulty seat arming assy; isolated/replaced defective contact switch; averted sortie loss--promote
- Verified data on over 350 CAD/PAD items--ensured IMDS/shop files documentation integrity - zero assets overdue
- Vital to section's superb MX documentation rate; 600+ IMDS entries; zero discrepancies Sep-Dec 08--promote
