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=VS5V Thursday, November 29, 2018 1HZV)HDWXUHVSDJH )DE)OLJKWFDQÀ[WKDW 1HZV)HDWXUHVSDJH $)$OSKD:DUULRUEDWWOH :HHNLQSKRWRVSDJH ,PDJHVIURPWKHZHHN 1HZV)HDWXUHVSDJH 0RUHFDGHWVWRSLORWWUDLQLQJ -\SSZWLJ[Y\TYLHKPULZZWHNL 7OV[VI`:[HMM:N[>PPSSPHT6IYPLU Z[3[7H\S<UKLY^VVK[O*P]PS,UNPULLY:X\HKYVUL_WSVZP]LVYKUHUJLKPZWVZHSMSPNO[JVTTHUKLYPUZWLJ[ZHU\UL_ &RPPXQLW\SDJH WSVKLKVYKUHUJLK\YPUNHUL_LYJPZL5V]H[1VPU[)HZL*OHYSLZ[VU:*;VRLLW[OL[YHPUPUNHZYLHSPZ[PJHZWVZZPISL (YHQWV&KDSHOPRUH WHY[PJPWHU[ZMYVTHJYVZZ1)*OHYSLZ[VUYLJLP]LK[OLLX\PWTLU[^LHWVUZHUKZWLJPHS[`\UPMVYTP[LTZ[OL`^V\SK\ZLPU YLHS^VYSKZP[\H[PVUZ NEWS/FEATURES 4HJ+PSS-HI-SPNO[!º@V\ IYLHRP[^LMP_P[» I`(PYTHUZ[*SHZZ9`HU*.YVZZRSHN UI"JS.PCJMJUZ8JOH1VCMJD"GGBJST The KC-135 Stratotanker has fueled missions around the globe for more than 60 years. Its long track record is a direct reflection of the tremendous work aircraft maintainers put into the jets, especially MacDill’s 6th Main- tenance Squadron Fabrication Flight, who push their pedal to the metal anytime a part requires fixing. “Our main mission is to enable successful sorties by generating aircraft parts, ultimately maintaining our full spectrum readiness,” said 2nd Lt. Danilo Navo, the Fabrication Flight commander. “Our team encounters new repairs that force changes in direction and orders, but they all adapt and constantly find ways to make sure the job gets done.” 7OV[VI`(PYTHUZ[*SHZZ4HYPL[[L(KHTZ Maintaining aging aircraft can be challenging, as some parts are no lon- (PYTLUMYVT[OLMHIYPJH[PVUMSPNO[HZZPNULK[V[OL[OHUK [O4HPU[L ger commercially produced and the Fabrication Flight must collaborate UHUJL:X\HKYVUMHIYPJH[LWHY[Z4HYJOH[4HJ+PSS(PY-VYJL)HZL and innovate to construct parts. :[Y\J[\YHSTHPU[LUHUJL(PYTLUHYLYLZWVUZPISLMVYMHIYPJH[PUNWHY[ZHUK “We all need each other in order to complete a task and make sure oper- YLWHPYPUNHPYJYHM[[VRLLW[OL2*:[YH[V[HURLYTPZZPVUYLHK` ations are done correctly,” said Staff Sgt. Kurtis Geiger, a 6th MXS aircraft structural maintenance craftsman. “Everything revolves in a circle – sheet “The metal sits in the oven at the maximum temperature for 30 min- metals technicians hand over parts to metals technicians who follow their utes to loosen the grain before being placed in a separate oven for 24 to 72 technical order before sending to nondestructive inspection to make sure hours” said Flanagan. “On our side we handle breaking the metal down the piece is good for use on an aircraft.” and then crafting it to match the technical order for the specific part.” To display the teamwork necessary, Geiger and Staff Sgt. Andrew Flana- When completed, Flanagan hauls the piece over to nondestructive in- gan, a 6th MXS aircraft metals technician, walked through the Fabrication spection where Tech. Sgt. Stanley Mays, a nondestructive inspection crafts- Flight process. man, conducts tests to ensure the part is compositionally sound and safe Sheet metals technicians, like Geiger, kick off operations by receiving for use on a KC-135. technical orders for KC-135 repairs. Geiger analyzes his technical order “With the resources we have here, from X-rays to currents tests, we are and pulls a thin, malleable sheet from their collection. The sheet is then the final stop on a part’s journey to an aircraft,” said Mays. “If anything is cut to the specific measurements and handed off to a metals technician like wrong with the part, it’s flagged and sent back to the workshop to either Flanagan to be heat treated in a large oven. correct the issue, or start the operations all over again.” See FAB, Page 11 -VYPUMVYTH[PVUHIV\[IHZLVWLYH[PVUZK\YPUNLTLYNLUJPLZVYUH[\YHSKPZHZ[LYZJHSS[OL:[YHPNO[;HSR3PULH[ COMMANDER’S ACTION LINE 4HJ+PSSVU[OL^LI Website: www.macdill.af.mil The Action Line provides two-way communication between the Facebook: www.facebook.com/ 6th Air Mobility Wing commander and the MacDill community. Per- sonnel may submit questions, concerns or comments via email to MacDillAirForceBase [email protected] or Facebook @6thAirMobilityWing- Instagram: macdill_afb CommandTeam Twitter: @macdill_afb 0DF'LOO7KXQGHUEROW 86JRYHUQPHQWWKH'HSDUWPHQWRI'HIHQVHWKH'HSDUWPHQW IDFWRURIWKHSXUFKDVHUXVHURUSDWURQ RIWKH$LU)RUFHRUWKHWK$LU0RELOLW\:LQJ 1HZVLWHPVIRUWKH0DF'LOO7KXQGHUEROWFDQEHVXEPLWWHG 3XEOLVKHU-RH'H/XFD 7KHDSSHDUDQFHRIDGYHUWLVLQJLQWKLVSXEOLFDWLRQLQFOXGLQJ WRWKHWK$LU0RELOLW\:LQJ3XEOLF$IIDLUVRIILFH+DQJDU LQVHUWVRUVXSSOHPHQWVGRHVQRWFRQVWLWXWHHQGRUVHPHQWE\ /RRS'UVXLWH0DF'LOO$)%)/&DOOWKH7KXQGHUEROW (GLWRU1LFN6WXEEV WKH'HSDUWPHQWRI'HIHQVHWKH'HSDUWPHQWRIWKH$LU)RUFH DW(PDLODPZSDPDFGLOOWKXQGHUEROW#XVDIPLO WK$LU0RELOLW\:LQJRUWKH7,PHV3XEOLVKLQJ&RPSDQ\RIWKH 'HDGOLQHIRUDUWLFOHVXEPLVVLRQVLVQRRQ:HGQHVGD\VWR 7KH0DF'LOO7KXQGHUEROWLVSXEOLVKHGE\WKH7LPHV3XEOLVK SURGXFWVRUVHUYLFHDGYHUWLVHG DSSHDULQWKHQH[WZHHN·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´$VVRFLDWHG3UHVV6W\OHERRN DUHQRWQHFHVVDULO\WKHRIILFLDOYLHZVRIRUHQGRUVHGE\WKH SK\VLFDOKDQGLFDSSROLWLFDODIILOLDWLRQRUDQ\RWKHUQRQPHULW DQG/LEHO0DQXDOµDQG$LU)RUFH,QVWUXFWLRQ 2 WWW.MACDILLTHUNDERBOLT.COM Thursday, November 29, 2018 MACDILL THUNDERBOLT NEWS/FEATURES (PY-VYJLWYV]LZTL[[SLH[MPYZ[ PU[LYZLY]PJL(SWOH>HYYPVYIH[[SL I`(UNLSPUH*HZHYLa "'*.4$1VCMJD"GGBJST SELMA, Texas (AFNS)—A team of six Air Force men and women bested the Army and Navy to capture the first-ever Inter-Service Alpha Warrior Final Battle held at Retama Park on the outskirts of San Antonio Nov. 17. Capt. Mark Bishop of Air Mobility Command, Capt. Noah Palicia of Pacific Air Forces, Capt. Jennifer Wendland of Air Force Global Strike Command, 1st Lt. Stephanie Frye of PACAF, 1st Lt. John Novotny of AMC, and Senior Airman Stephanie Williams of U.S. Air Forces in Europe completed the course in 2:17:33 to win the championship, a 110-lb trophy and armed forces bragging rights for the next year. Fashioned after the popular American Ninja Warrior TV competitions, 7OV[VI`:HYH`\[O7PU[OVUN Alpha Warrior tested the competitors’ strength, coordination and endur- ;OLMPYZ[0U[LY:LY]PJL(SWOH>HYYPVY)H[[SL[VVRWSHJL5V]H[[OL ance through more than 20 obstacles. (SWOH >HYYPVY 7YV]PUN .YV\UKZ 9L[HTH 7HYR PU :LSTH ;L_HZ ;OL (PY The two-day event featured Air Force finals on Nov. 16 and the inter- -VYJL[VVROVTL[OL[P[SLPU[LYZLY]PJLJOHTWPVUZ^P[OH[LHTMPUPZO[PTL service finals the next day. Air Force Installation and Mission Support VM!! Center and the Air Force Services Activity hosted the event. In kicking off the finals Nov. 17, Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, AFIMSC com- teammates are going to get them through it. In the end, someone will be mander, talked about how teammates would pull each other through. the winner, but they’re all going to win together,” he said. “These young Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen are going to push through It wasn’t too surprising the previous day’s Air Force Final Battle first this course and they’re going to get to a point somewhere where they place male and female athletes, Palicia from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and think they can’t make it, and they’re going to get through it and their See ALPHA WARRIOR Page 11 4HJ+PSSYLTLTILYZ[OL*\IHU4PZZPSL*YPZPZ 4HJ+PSS(-)/PZ[VY`6MMPJL Joint Chiefs tasked the U.S. Air Force and Navy’s tactical reconnaissance crews to use their fast-moving, low-flying aircraft to penetrate Cuban air- On Oct. 14, 1962, Maj. Richard “Steve” Heyser, reconnaissance aircraft space and capture photographs of progress at the missile sites. The 363rd pilot, had just completed an arduous mission over Cuban airspace and Tactical Reconnaissance Wing deployed two RF-101C Voodoo squadrons returned his U-2 Dragon Lady to McCoy Air Force Base in Orlando, Flor- to MacDill AFB, which executed 83 low-level reconnaissance missions ida. Aboard was proof that the Soviet Union deployed nuclear missiles under Operation BLUE MOON. At MacDill, Airmen established a recon- to Cuba, capable of targeting all of the southeastern U.S., including the naissance center, vastly expanded the base photo lab and initiated an air nation’s capital. As the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated over the next 13 bridge shuttling film via RB-66s from MacDill directly to Washington days, President John F. Kennedy was in dire need of timely photographic D.C. intelligence in his effort to prevent the Cold War from turning red hot. The crisis reached its peak on Oct. 27 when a Soviet missile downed Airmen in Central Florida delivered. Anderson’s U-2 as he returned to Orlando. Col. Wayne Whitten (USMC The Air Force quickly established a U-2 operating location for the ret.), then a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville was him- 4080th Strategic Wing at McCoy. There, Maj. Rudolph Anderson Jr. and self swept up in concern as many Floridians were, being so close to the nine other pilots joined Heyser in flying a total of 82 U-2 missions over crisis. From his own career as a military reconnaissance pilot, he re- Cuba under Operation BRASS KNOB. From the upper reaches of the at- mained sensitive to the importance of the local reconnaissance effort, mosphere, Air Force U-2 crews detected more medium and intermediate-