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40th

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component Maintenance Squadron and Ari

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of Lakenheath are doing their part to

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keep the mission going strong despite

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limited personnel and budget cuts , I

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used to work at the 48th component

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maintenance squadron . Lantern back

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shop But there was a manning shortfall

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so we moved over to the 492nd aircraft

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maintenance unit I've volunteered . So

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that way I could get new experiences

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and so I can help out my film

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maintainers . The airmen have worked

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hard to learn a new job in a short

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amount of time . The training we went

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through here was a two week maintenance ,

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one on one course taught by crew chief

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who gave us the ins and outs of the

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flight line , the aircraft and all the

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dangers associated with working on the

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flight line . The work these airmen are

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doing have made a big impact on the

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mission and the aircraft maintenance

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unit . They really took a load off a

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lot of our airmen and younger N . C . O .

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S by filling manning spots that we

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couldn't before and their expertise

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helps us troubleshoot a little bit

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faster . Most of the crew has been

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working in their new job for over six

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months and are projected to work out on

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the flight line for another year for

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our f Lakenheath american first class

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erin mills