Altus AFB, local community partner to grow their own mechanics
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Shaine West, 97th Maintenance Directorate sheet metal mechanic, removes a screw from the finger seal of the number three engine on a KC-135 Stratotanker, Feb. 12, in an aircraft hangar. West completed the Grow Your Own Mechanic program and is now working full-time for the 97th MX. The GYOM program is an aircraft maintenance technician internship program. It was developed in 1999 under the Student Education Employment Plan in cooperation with the Southwest Technology Center’s Aviation and Aerospace program, providing aerospace jobs to the local area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth W. Norman / Released)
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