1 00:00:00,370 --> 00:00:02,130 - The Kentucky Air National Guard's 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:03,850 123rd Airlift Wing, 3 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:06,400 recently sponsored Maintenance University. 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,680 An annual training event 5 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,840 held at the Combat Readiness Training Center, 6 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,740 in Savannah, Georgia. 7 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:14,050 - We are able to accomplish a tremendous 8 00:00:14,050 --> 00:00:16,250 amount of training in a short amount of time. 9 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,200 Training that is difficult 10 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,770 to get during a standard UTA weekend. 11 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:22,910 Maintenance University is a way 12 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:25,400 that we can fine-tune and maintain 13 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,250 in order to provide the Air Force 14 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:30,250 with a crew capability. 15 00:00:30,250 --> 00:00:31,330 - [Chloe] The four day school, 16 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:34,160 held May 19th through the 22nd 17 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,710 offered a structured environment, 18 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:38,570 giving over 270 Airmen the chance 19 00:00:38,570 --> 00:00:39,870 to expand their knowledge on 20 00:00:39,870 --> 00:00:42,113 ground equipment and aircraft maintenance. 21 00:00:43,291 --> 00:00:45,620 - Aircraft maintenance is difficult. 22 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:46,923 Those are big aircraft, 23 00:00:48,050 --> 00:00:49,730 and you know, we gotta chip through 24 00:00:49,730 --> 00:00:51,680 our carted items just like everyone else 25 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,810 and sometimes things go really wrong. 26 00:00:53,810 --> 00:00:55,710 And it is our job to put those aircraft 27 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:56,866 back in the air. 28 00:00:56,866 --> 00:00:58,900 (dramatic music) 29 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:01,150 - [Chloe] This year, troops from the Kentucky Air Guard 30 00:01:01,150 --> 00:01:03,860 trained with airmen from other guard units as well. 31 00:01:03,860 --> 00:01:07,420 Including wings in Texas, Missouri, and Georgia. 32 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:08,520 - It's our first year, 33 00:01:09,990 --> 00:01:11,140 the Kentucky Guard Unit 34 00:01:12,670 --> 00:01:15,520 educated us about what Maintenance University was all about 35 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,360 and helped us every step of the way to get 36 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,990 our folks here. 37 00:01:18,990 --> 00:01:21,440 So our first footprint's fairly large. 38 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,370 It's costing us next to nothing to be here, 39 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:25,353 that's amazing! 40 00:01:27,540 --> 00:01:28,790 We wouldn't be here if it weren't 41 00:01:28,790 --> 00:01:30,740 for the Kentucky Guard Unit helping us 42 00:01:30,740 --> 00:01:32,633 figure out how to get our members here. 43 00:01:32,633 --> 00:01:33,590 (powerful music) 44 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:35,570 - [James] So I think it's great that Maintenance University 45 00:01:35,570 --> 00:01:37,710 has established 46 00:01:37,710 --> 00:01:38,570 this area where we 47 00:01:38,570 --> 00:01:39,440 can all come together 48 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,980 and learn together for camaraderie. 49 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:43,620 For the sake of our aircraft and 50 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:45,230 better training our Airmen and also 51 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:46,250 NCO's. 52 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:50,330 Airmen First Class and all the way to Tech and Master, 53 00:01:50,330 --> 00:01:52,560 anyone could benefit from courses here 54 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,180 at Maintenance University, I believe. 55 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:56,000 - So camaraderie is one of the big things 56 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,410 I got out of Maintenance U this year. 57 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:01,900 Just hanging out and getting to talk to 58 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:03,100 and know the other units, 59 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:04,810 and even people from my own unit, 60 00:02:04,810 --> 00:02:07,060 because I would work with plenty of people 61 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:09,510 in different shops as an ISO Group Chief 62 00:02:09,510 --> 00:02:12,290 and I didn't know a whole lot of people. 63 00:02:12,290 --> 00:02:14,090 - [James] But you know whenever you render that salute 64 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:15,430 and you see your aircraft take off 65 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:17,720 the one you've been working toward 66 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:18,850 putting in the air all week, 67 00:02:18,850 --> 00:02:20,570 you finally see it go down that runway 68 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:21,403 and take off 69 00:02:21,403 --> 00:02:24,363 there's no greater experience, it's really good. 70 00:02:25,430 --> 00:02:27,100 - [Chloe] Reporting from Savannah, Georgia, 71 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:29,188 I'm Airmen Chloe Oaks. 72 00:02:29,188 --> 00:02:30,763 (cymbals crash)