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200410-F-PH996-1078

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Shawn Freed, 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment superintendent, prepares a new stack of protective facemasks to sew and create for Airmen to wear at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. So far, AFE have produced over 650 protective facemasks for Airmen on the installation to wear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)

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200410-F-WH061-1013

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Richardson, 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment apprentice, measures paracord at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. The paracord was cut and sewn into protective facemasks for Airmen to wear at Fairchild, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Force Health Protection remains one of Fairchild’s top priorities; with support of AFE and its Airmen, Fairchild is able to take proactive steps toward preventing the potential spread of respiratory illnesses, like the flu or COVID-19, amongst its Airmen, families and community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

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200410-F-WH061-1037

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cameron Harris, 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment craftsman, uses a sewing machine to create protective facemasks for Airmen to wear at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. AFE Airmen’s normal duties include managing the inspection, maintenance and adjustments of every piece of safety and flight equipment for all airframes with a “zero mistake” standard, in order to prevent equipment failures and accidents from happening. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

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200410-F-WH061-1049

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Shawn Freed, 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment superintendent, uses a sewing machine to create protective facemasks for Airmen to wear at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. AFE was able to produce 250 masks within the first two days of receiving the task, and have produced over 650 more for Airmen on the installation to wear. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

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200410-F-WH061-1061

Finished Protective facemasks created by 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen rest on a table to be distributed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. The mass mask production comes after the secretary of defense released a policy stating that all individuals including military personnel, civilian employees, family members and contractors on Department of Defense property, installations and facilities, must wear cloth face coverings where physical distancing measures are difficult to maintain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

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200410-F-WH061-1069

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Richardson, 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment apprentice, singes paracord in order to be sewn into protective facemasks for Airmen to wear at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. Team Fairchild’s Air Force Repair Enhancement Program flight and Aircrew Flight Equipment unit have worked to create hundreds of protective facemasks for Fairchild Airmen to wear amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena)

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200406-F-ZK186-1002

A 3-D printed protective facemask created by the 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program unit prepares to be assembled at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. AFREP Airmen will sometimes use a 3-D printer to regenerate certain aircraft parts that would normally cost thousands of dollars to replace, at the cost of just pennies for plastic. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Savanah Koontz)

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200406-F-ZK186-1003

A 3-D printed protective facemask created by the 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program flight is assembled to be distributed to Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. With this technology, AFREP is now able to incorporate its money saving-revitalization methods into the protection of Fairchild’s Airmen and families. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Savanah Koontz)

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200410-F-PH996-1041

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 92nd Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment unit create protective facemasks for Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 10, 2020. The task of creating protective facemasks may be outside the AFE unit’s expertise, however, their broad skill set and technical training enables them to meet this need in support of Airmen and enabling Fairchild’s mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)

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AFREP: turning trash to treasure for Green in 19

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Ferris, 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, prepares to refill an ink cartridge at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 20, 2019.The AFREP team has implemented environmentally friendly practices through recharging ink cartridges to mitigate the many adverse effects of just throwing them away. Like electronics, the inks possess volatile compounds and heavy metals that will likely pollute the soil and water when they reach landfills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Whitney Laine)

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AFREP: turning trash to treasure for Green in 19

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Ferris, 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, repairs a computer monitor at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 20, 2019. AFREP has collected desktop monitors from across the base to repair and distribute back into workstations. Each one cuts costs, time and doesn’t add to a growing pile of electronics waste that is a growing ecological issue in an ever more technological world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Whitney Laine)

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AFREP team innovates, modernizes KC-135 pilot flight operations

Master Sgt. Gavin Douglas, 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program manager, tests an iPad mount on the steering column of a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 16, 2017, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The AFREP team has developed specialized iPad mounts that streamline aircrew’s access to checklists, maps, and line of sight for gauges and flight equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan Lackey)

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AFREP team innovates, modernizes KC-135 pilot flight operations

Staff Sgt. Tyler Ferris, 92nd Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, tightens a screw to a KC-135 Stratotanker galley Oct. 16, 2017, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. The AFREP program saves money through cost savings and cost avoidance. Through cost savings, an asset is repaired instead of thrown away and put back into the Air Force inventory. Through cost avoidance, the AFREP team finds equipment that is around their facility in need of repair and rather than throw it away and buy new equipment, they repair it and put it back into service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ryan Lackey)

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