Officials with the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker AFB, Okla., expect to install the tooling over the next few months in the shop being established there to help maintain the Air Force’s inventory of F117 engines, the turbofan powerplants for C-17 transports. The massive F117, four of which power each C-17, will be the largest engine ever maintained at Oklahoma City. When fully functional, the shop will employ up to 150 workers in two shifts to maintain an average of six to 10 engines per month under a partnership with Pratt & Whitney, the engine’s maker. The first practice engine will arrive early next year to train workers. (Tinker report by Howdy Stout)
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA