By Airman Rachel Perkinson, 23d Wing Public Affairs / Published November 02, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Jimmy Wilfong, 23d Wing command chief, elbow bumps Senior Airman Tylen Turner, 71st Aircraft Maintenance Unit aerospace maintenance journeyman, before an immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Col. Dan Walls, 23d Wing commander, listens to instructions for the immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Airmen assigned to the 23d Wing don personal protective equipment during the immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning PPE to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Airmen assigned to the 23d Wing push an external power cart during an immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Chief Master Sgt. Jimmy Wilfong, 23d Wing command chief, attaches connecting rods on a main landing gear door of an HC-130J Combat King II Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Col. Dan Walls, 23d Wing commander, speaks with Airmen after an immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)
Col. Dan Walls, 23d Wing commander, speaks to Airmen with the 71st Aircraft Maintenance Unit after an immersion tour Oct. 28, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. During the immersion tour, 23d Wing leadership competed in a Maintenance Olympics event to get a feel for the job these Airmen do every day. The event consisted of pushing an external power cart 55 feet; donning personal protective equipment to grab foreign objects; and raising, lowering and securing main landing gear doors on an HC-130J Combat King II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Rachel Perkinson)