IDEA earns 100th AMXS maintainer $10,000
RAF MILDENHALL, England – Tech. Sgt. Blake Cushing, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flightline expeditor, looks into the dry bay at the right-side hydraulic reservoir (yellow tank) on a KC-135 Stratotanker March 28, 2012, in Hangar 814. Cushing recently earned $10,000 through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program, after realizing it was not necessary to drain the reservoirs after every 900 flight-hour check when filters are changed. Until recently, during the inspection process the reservoirs were drained and 36 quarts of hydraulic fluid was replaced each time. Cushing’s idea will save the Air Force more than $132,000 per year, saving both hydraulic fluid and man-hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)
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