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C-17 Fuels

MCCHORD FIELD, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Deidre Barry, 446th Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems technician, posts warning signs outside Hangar 13 here, July 26. Working with aircraft fuel tanks is hazardous and requires several considerations, including strict safety procedures for personnel and equipment. (Photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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C-17 Fuels

MCCHORD FIELD, Wash. – Tech. Sgt. Deidre Barry, 446th Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems technician, cordons off a safety area outside Hangar 13 here, July 26. Work performed by aircraft fuels systems technicians requires strict safety procedures for personnel and equipment. (Photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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C-17 Fuels

MCCHORD FIELD, Wash. - Tech. Sgt. Erik Hubbard, 446th Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems technician, installs a wing access panel on the C-17 Globemaster III, July 24. Hubbard is one of 15 highly-trained Reserve technicians who maintain, troubleshoot and repair complex aircraft fuels systems here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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C-17 repaired

Deployed servicemembers stand in front of the repaired C-17 that was damaged in Afghanistan in January 2012. Senior Master Sgt. Roy Osmon, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron technician, was on the team composed of Airmen, Soldiers and Boeing employees that helped repair and move the damaged aircraft. (Courtesy photo)

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Maintaining superiority

Master Sgt. Jeffrey Daniels and Senior Airman Mailani Akey, both with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, McChord Field, Wash., go over a flightline expeditor's log during the Reserve weekend, April 1, 2012. Both maintainers won the Air Mobility Command Outstanding Reserve Associate Maintenance Award for 2012. Daniels earned his award in the supervisor category and Akey won hers as a technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Maintaining superiority

Master Sgt. Jeffrey Daniels and Senior Airman Mailani Akey, both with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, McChord Field, Wash., go over flightline expeditor logs during the Reserve weekend, April 1, 2012. Both maintainers won the Air Mobility Command Outstanding Reserve Associate Maintenance Award for 2012. Daniels earned his award in the supervisor category and Akey won hers as a technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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New Reserve maintainers graduate from tech school

Airman 1st Class Marciano Quinonez-Cheeks (left) and Airman Basic Michael Gallegos, both assigned to the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron out of McChord Field, Wash., after graduating from the 373rd Field Training Detachment here, March 21, 2012. Both graduates will be crew chiefs with the 446th AMXS. Quinonez-Cheeks, 18, joined the Reserve because he wanted to serve. He chose a career as a crew chief because it's related to his goal of majoring in aerospace engineering. The Federal Way resident plans on attending Highline Community College in Des Moines in the fall. Gallegos, 22, has always loved rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty working on automobiles. He joined the Reserve, so he could upgrade to working on C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The husband, and father of one, lives in Ogden, Utah and plans on moving his family to the Seattle area in the near future. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle/Released)

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Aguan receives tools

Staff Sgt. Frances Aguan (then Senior Airman), 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, receives tools at McChord Field, Wash., Feb. 11, 2012. Aguan is a 2011 recipient of the Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award in the Aircraft Maintenance category. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachael Garneau)

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Harris positions fire extinguisher

Mr. Michael Harris, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, who also serves as a Reserve technical sergeant, positions a flightline fire extinguisher near a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field, Wash., Feb. 11, 2012. Harris is a 2011 recipient of the Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award in the Aircraft Maintenance category. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Rachael Garneau)

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Shine on compliance

Staff Sgt. Chris Hulse, C-17 crew chief with the 446th Maintenance Squadron sheds light on regular compliance checks at McChord Field, Wash. Jan. 8. To fulfill standard technical order requirements, maintainers perform regular function checks on the troop door of the C-17 Globemaster III. The Tumwater, Wash. native transfers his fine tooth comb inspection skills to the civilian world, where he works on the assembly line of Boeing's Everett, Wash. plant. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Lori Fiorello)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Staff Sgt. Matthew Bean, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replaces an angle of attack seal on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. The angle of attack is an indicator on the fuselage which provides a horizontal reference line during flight. Bean has been a Reservist for six years and is a logger in Forest Grove, Ore., in his civilian job.

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Tech. Sgt. David Gallegos, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, reviews a maintenance plan for a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Gallegos is leading a targeted maintenance team of Reservists who are conducting annual training and reducing delayed discrepancies, or non-grounding findings, for aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Senior Airman Michael Vickers, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control technician, left, and Tech. Sgt. Josh Vaught, 446th Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replace an electrostatic discharger on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Vickers is a material expeditor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in his civilian job and Vaught is a crew chief for the 62nd Maintenance Squadron here in his civilian job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Senior Airman Michael Vickers, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control technician here, replaces an electrostatic discharger on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 5. Vickers and other Reservists are part of a targeted maintenance team conducting annual training aimed at reducing delayed discrepancies for aircraft maintenance. Vickers is a material expeditor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in his civilian job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Tech. Sgt. Rick Rodabaugh, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, replaces an equipment locker storage net on a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Reservists from the 446th AMXS have focused their annual training on reducing delayed discrepancies for McChord's aircraft fleet through a targeted maintenance team program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Senior Airman Leland Sivanish, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, checks nose tire air pressure for a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Sivanish is part of the 446th AMXS targeted maintenance team, working delayed discrepancies for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Reservists target maintenance delays

Staff Sgt. Tom Hathaway, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief here, inspects an oxygen bottle aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at McChord Field Dec. 4. Hathaway is part of a targeted maintenance team of Reservists conducting annual training aimed at reducing delayed discrepancies, or non-grounding findings, for aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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Tall order

Tech. Sgt. Robin Smith (left) and Staff Sgt. Pat Allen, both with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, McChord Field, Wash., review technical orders before perfoming maintenance on a C-17 Globemaster III trainer during the Reserve weekend, Nov. 8, 2011. Smith has been a Reservist for 17 years and has spent seven with the 446th AW. As a civilian, he?s been a functional test team lead with Boeing for 23 years. All six of Allen?s years in the military have been with the 446th AW. Along with being a full-time student at the University of Washington, he?s an aircraft mechanic with Horizon Air. Both recently deployed to Kuwait last year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Back in stride after a lengthy battle

Master Sgt. Dave Axtell (right), and Tech Sgt. Allen Ellzey, Reservists with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, take part in a fitness test during a unit training assembly at McChord Field, Wash. on Nov. 6, 2011. With the help of the U.S. Department of Justice, Sergeant Axtell recently won a lawsuit against his former civilian employer for illegal termination after the company violated his reemployment rights following a four-year activation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Grant Saylor)

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Maintenance welcome a new commander

Col. Alan Lerner assumed command of the 446th Maintenance Group Oct. 1 at McChord Field. Lerner comes here from the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base in Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Denise Hauser)

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