WEBVTT 00:04.140 --> 00:10.000 Hello 00:10.000 --> 00:12.000 and welcome to around the Air Force 00:12.000 --> 00:14.056 Secretary of the Air Force , Michael 00:14.056 --> 00:16.111 Wynne has made it a priority for the 00:16.111 --> 00:18.000 Air Force to find alternatives to 00:18.000 --> 00:20.167 fossil fuels . Video Officer RJ Merida 00:20.167 --> 00:22.389 shows us a hydrogen production and fuel 00:22.389 --> 00:24.722 station at the forefront of this effort . 00:24.722 --> 00:26.833 It was unveiled in November of 2006 . 00:26.833 --> 00:28.944 While it's relatively small in size , 00:28.944 --> 00:31.111 this hydrogen station is playing a big 00:31.111 --> 00:33.222 role in the way Hawaii and the US Air 00:33.222 --> 00:35.333 Force being about energy conservation 00:35.333 --> 00:38.060 now and in the future . High parishes 00:38.060 --> 00:40.227 in operations engineer for the company 00:40.227 --> 00:42.330 that operates the station , his job 00:42.340 --> 00:44.396 produce hydrogen . This is our water 00:44.396 --> 00:47.120 purification fund . We lovingly call it 00:47.120 --> 00:49.570 the water box and in this box we take 00:49.580 --> 00:51.760 basic tap water that you and I drink . 00:51.770 --> 00:54.010 We bring it into a process of activated 00:54.010 --> 00:55.621 charcoal , reverse osmosis , 00:55.621 --> 00:58.080 desalinization and ultraviolet 00:58.090 --> 01:00.201 treatment . We did it too . It's pure 01:00.201 --> 01:03.680 state of H two and a pure 100% water 01:03.690 --> 01:05.610 and we take that over to our 01:05.610 --> 01:08.590 electrolyzer . And even a few years ago , 01:08.590 --> 01:10.812 the ability of the hydrogen station has 01:10.812 --> 01:13.034 packed up and deploy virtually anywhere 01:13.034 --> 01:15.090 requiring little maintenance may not 01:15.090 --> 01:17.146 have seen possible , But at Hickam , 01:17.146 --> 01:19.368 the future is already here inside these 01:19.368 --> 01:21.146 pipes . The future is to have a 01:21.146 --> 01:23.146 complete 100% renewable resources , 01:23.146 --> 01:25.312 meaning not burning any of our natural 01:25.312 --> 01:27.479 resources to generate energy . You can 01:27.479 --> 01:29.534 take wind power , you can take solar 01:29.534 --> 01:31.701 power and you can use that electricity 01:31.701 --> 01:31.530 that's generated to break down water 01:31.530 --> 01:33.697 into hydrogen and use hydrogen for our 01:33.697 --> 01:35.863 vehicles . As the Air Force researches 01:35.863 --> 01:37.863 ways to find new energy sources , a 01:37.863 --> 01:39.863 small hydrogen plant and Hickam Air 01:39.863 --> 01:42.030 Force base becomes a starting point in 01:42.030 --> 01:44.308 view of these fights , conserve energy , 01:44.308 --> 01:46.141 create cleaner air and break its 01:46.141 --> 01:48.030 dependence on fossil fuels by the 01:48.030 --> 01:50.252 officer , Arjun Merida Hickam Air Force 01:50.252 --> 01:52.363 Base Hawaii for more . On today's top 01:52.363 --> 01:54.570 stories log onto Air Force Lake Smart 01:54.570 --> 01:56.514 operations for the 21st century is 01:56.514 --> 01:58.737 another high priority topic for the Air 01:58.737 --> 02:00.737 Force one airman all over the world 02:00.737 --> 02:02.737 have embraced . For example , Staff 02:02.737 --> 02:04.792 sergeant , lower holder takes us the 02:04.792 --> 02:06.514 logistics readiness squadron , 02:06.514 --> 02:08.403 improving the efficiency of their 02:08.403 --> 02:10.403 vehicle maintenance program All the 02:10.403 --> 02:12.626 dots . You see you're walking mechanics 02:12.626 --> 02:14.737 of the vehicle , reading the squadron 02:14.737 --> 02:16.903 at Ramstein have to walk three km just 02:16.903 --> 02:18.848 to get a part for a vehicle that's 02:18.848 --> 02:20.903 almost two miles walking just to get 02:20.903 --> 02:23.070 approval for the part . But that's not 02:23.070 --> 02:25.600 all we found uh for our work order 02:25.600 --> 02:28.930 process , a toolkit issue Aspect , 02:28.930 --> 02:31.540 which pretty much tied up about 30 02:31.540 --> 02:33.770 minutes of each mechanics day . So the 02:33.770 --> 02:35.826 airman designed a model for improved 02:35.826 --> 02:37.937 compound to help cut down the time it 02:37.937 --> 02:40.048 takes to fix the vehicle came in here 02:40.048 --> 02:42.270 and I told , hey , I don't like the way 02:42.270 --> 02:42.120 things are running right now . And I 02:42.120 --> 02:44.176 said , well , what would you like to 02:44.176 --> 02:46.120 see change ? I have some ideas and 02:46.140 --> 02:48.196 actually some of the ideas are right 02:48.196 --> 02:50.418 now on the diagram that we have next to 02:50.418 --> 02:52.529 the plan is to adjust the maintenance 02:52.529 --> 02:54.362 yard into different stations and 02:54.362 --> 02:56.418 everything they need will be already 02:56.418 --> 02:58.529 there so they can fix the vehicle and 02:58.529 --> 03:00.696 get it back to the customer . Half our 03:00.696 --> 03:02.862 process we found is administrative and 03:02.862 --> 03:05.490 cutting out the waste was a large part 03:05.490 --> 03:07.712 of it and there's a lot of stickies 180 03:07.712 --> 03:09.879 to be exact a cutting down time in the 03:09.879 --> 03:12.390 process . It saves the Air Force money , 03:12.400 --> 03:14.720 improves customer service and gives 03:14.720 --> 03:16.942 valuable training to the airman so they 03:16.942 --> 03:19.164 can focus on their job . I'm gonna be a 03:19.164 --> 03:21.498 mechanic , I'm gonna be a mechanic here , 03:21.498 --> 03:24.460 I'm gonna come into work and get tools , 03:24.470 --> 03:27.580 get , fix the vehicle , get it out and 03:27.580 --> 03:29.520 go home . Be a mechanic . Staff 03:29.520 --> 03:31.990 sergeant rural holder Ramstein air base 03:32.000 --> 03:35.930 Germany as so 21 doesn't always involve 03:35.930 --> 03:38.263 reorganizing equipment and work centers . 03:38.263 --> 03:40.041 Sometimes it's a simple case of 03:40.041 --> 03:42.170 harnessing technology . Tech sergeant 03:42.170 --> 03:45.510 paul Hughes explains the way people get 03:45.510 --> 03:47.621 their news has changed a lot over the 03:47.621 --> 03:49.843 past decades . And Incirlik Air base is 03:49.843 --> 03:51.677 adapted from now on . 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