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  • Airman 1st Class Eric Martinez, 6th Maintenance Squadron structures technician uses a newly designed wheel workstation to paint a KC-135 Stratotanker wheel, Aug 27, 2013 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The implementation of the WWS reduced the paint process time by 26 hours per set.

    Technicians coengineer cost-saver with a spin

    Staff Sergeants Alex Aguayo and Michael Rogers, aircraft metals technicians with the 6th Maintenance Squadron, co-engineered a way to centrifugally mount a KC-135's nose and main landing wheel on a rotating base to allow the entire part to be painted in a single step.

  • Air Force showcases hot technologies on 'cool' roof

    A year of data collection is nearly complete on the integrated roof system on the base's security forces building at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. The metal-over-metal retrofit integrates cool roofing, solar-power generation, solar thermal, above-sheathing ventilation and rainwater catchment into one holistic system.
  • Staff Sgts. Henry Crankshaw and Kevin Morse fold the cooling sock they designed and created, which improves the airflow of mobile air conditioning and heating units on KC-135 Stratotankers prior to take off at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Aug. 7, 2013, in Southwest Asia. Crankshaw and Morse are the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment NCO in charge and assistant NCO in charge.

    Innovative Airmen modify mobile A/C unit

    Performing in extreme temperatures is the norm for many deployed service members, and adjustments in

  • White House launches contest for best money-saving idea

    The White House launched the 2013 President's Securing Americans Value and Efficiency Award contest July 31.
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