C-17 flight brings on-the-job training to the air

Senior Airmen Ginnette Lykins (left) and Elyse Detling, both medical technicians assigned to the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here, listen intently as they receive instructions after securing a simulated patient to a litter during a training flight on board a C-17 Globemaster III Nov. 17. The "volunteer" heart attack victim was James Chappel, a member of the Air Force Materiel Command Community Liaison Program, representing Tinker AFB, Okla. Twenty-one members of the group flew on the C-17 to experience first-hand how members of the squadron train for real-world missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ron Fry)

Master Sgt. Pitman A. Kennedy

Master Sgt. Pitman A. Kennedy

AFMC chiefs participate in group PT

AFMC's newest chief master sergeants participate in group physical training as part of the 2011 AFMC Chiefs' Orientation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Brendan Kavanaugh)

AFMC Chiefs' Orientation 2011

Air Force Materiel Command's newest chief master sergeants pose with Gen. Donald Hoffman, AFMC Commander (front center), Chief Master Sgt. Eric Jaren, AFMC Command Chief (front left), and Chief Master Sgt. Angela Cassel, class mentor (front right), at the 2011 AFMC Chiefs' Orientation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brendan Kavanaugh)

AFMC Depot Maintenance

Robert Daniels of the 551st Commodities Maintenance Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., drills holes for rivets while changing KC-135 spoiler ribs. The Civilian Career Development Program for depot maintenance workers at Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Logistics Centers can be used as a mapping tool to broaden careers for those unable to utilize computers every day. (File photo/ Margo Wright)

New Hires contracting

A group of more than 30 civilians raise their hands as part of the process to officially become federal employees. After a period of training, the new hires, most with advanced degrees, will become contracting specialists working for various contracting organizations here. (Air Force photo by Ron Fry)