Maintainers Showcase 3-D Tools
Staff Sgt. John Woodward and Tech. Sgt. Andrew Morrison, both 157th Maintenance Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard, demonstrate how in-house designed and 3-D printed plastic tools have the potential to save the Air Force hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of man-hours in maintaining the KC-46 to Brig. Gen. Richard Gibbs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command director of logistics, engineering and force protection, and Brig. Gen. Russell Ponder, National Guard Bureau director of logistics and installations, Sept. 9, 2020, at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire. The 157th Air Refueling Wing is temporarily operating it's KC-46 refueling mission out of the civilian airport while the runway at the Pease International Airport is renovated from Sept. 8-22. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Vezeau)