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Practice makes perfect: 446th maintainers rehearse Spark Tank pitch

By Mr. Edzel Butac, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published February 11, 2020

Maintainers from the 446th Airlift Wing pitched their innovative battery cell extraction tool here to local Air Force Association members, community leaders and colleagues Tuesday, Feb. 11, as they prepare for the Air Force's Spark Tank 2020 competition in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt. Roy Puchalski teamed up to create a new tool that could revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task: battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Edzel Butac)
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Maintainers from the 446th Airlift Wing pitched their innovative battery cell extraction tool here to local Air Force Association members, community leaders and colleagues Tuesday, Feb. 11, as they prepare for the Air Force's Spark Tank 2020 competition in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt. Roy Puchalski teamed up to create a new tool that could revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task: battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Edzel Butac)

Andy Ryder, 446th Airlift Wing honorary commander and mayor of Lacey, Wash., holds a battery cell extraction tool replica during a rehearsal Feb. 11 here. Maintainers from the wing pitched their innovative tool to local community members as they prepare for the Air Force's Spark Tank 2020 competition in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt. Roy Puchalski teamed up to create a new tool that could revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task - battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Edzel Butac)
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Andy Ryder, 446th Airlift Wing honorary commander and mayor of Lacey, Wash., holds a battery cell extraction tool replica during a rehearsal Feb. 11 here. Maintainers from the wing pitched their innovative tool to local community members as they prepare for the Air Force's Spark Tank 2020 competition in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt. Roy Puchalski teamed up to create a new tool that could revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task - battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Edzel Butac)

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Maintainers from the 446th Airlift Wing pitched their innovative battery cell extraction tool here to local Air Force Association members, community leaders and colleagues Tuesday, Feb. 11, as they prepare for the Air Force's Spark Tank 2020 competition in Orlando, Fla., later this month. Master Sgt. Robert Tingle and Master Sgt. Roy Puchalski teamed up to create a new tool that could revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task: battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Edzel Butac)
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