QA helps improve maintenance efficiency

Released by 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs



3/8/2012 - SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Staff Sgt. Michael Selfridge, right, 52nd Maintenance Operations Squadron aircraft maintenance inspector, inspects the hot-pit refueling of an A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 81st Fighter Squadron ramp three here March 6. The AMXS quality assurance section is made up of eight certified maintenance inspectors who inspect 81st and 480th Fighter Squadron aircraft maintenance processes. Quality assurance modernizes the Air Force's aircraft maintenance and training by tracking maintenance performance against metrics to improve efficiency, production, and reliability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis) Hi-res

Note: Pictured is A-10C 82-0654 (still marked wrong as 81-0654 on it's tail!) from the 81st Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Crew inscriptions: PLT: CAPT PATRICK PARRISH, DCC: SSGT JESSE WILLIAMS, ACC: SRA RUSSELL FREEMAN

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