A Co-Operative Education Program with Antelope Valley College is underway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and the 412th Maintenance Squadron’s propulsion flight recently hired its first co-op employee. SrA. Jason Hernandez reports that the employee, aircraft engine mechanic Michael Cermack, came to Edwards through the college’s airframe powerplant program. The co-op initiative requires the students to maintain a 2.5 grade point average while they work 20 hours a week. If they reach a total of 640 hours and have proved “they meet our needs, we can hire them,” says Larry Wolford, with the 412rh Maintenance Squadron propulsion flight.
A new Space Force partnership with Blue Origin to expand payload processing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., will allow the launch range to support as many as 16 more missions per year.
