DLA News Archive

Tag: replacement parts

Solomon Duning, Research Engineer from The University of Dayton Research Institute, uses laser scanning technology to inspect an F-16 vertical tail on a depot fixture. (Courtesy photo)

June 26, 2019

AFRL and partners reclaim obsolete aircraft parts using advanced manufacturing technology

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base website — The average age of Air Force aircraft is over 28 years according to Assessment of Military Power, 2018. This creates a constant requirement for components needing repair or replacement. Parts can be difficult to acquire when original suppliers are no longer in existence and new suppliers have no desire to produce low volume quantities.

Staff Sgt. Ryan McGinniss, a biomedical equipment technician with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group, stands for a photo at the 407th Air Expeditionary Group May 9, 2017, in Southwest Asia. McGinnis is the only technician maintaining critical deployed medical equipment supporting joint and coalition members on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

May 14, 2017

Biomedical equipment tech repairs, replaces vital deployed medical gear

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Staff Sgt. Ryan McGinnis, the sole biomedical equipment technician is charged with the maintenance and calibration of all the equipment doctors and medics rely on. He holds responsibility for everything from lab equipment and refrigerators to life-saving equipment such as defibrillators and infusion pumps.