building 1917

Renovation of building 1917 is one of several projects which received funding from Air Education and Training Command's "Demo/Consolidation focus fund". Sheppard Air Force Base received a total of $10.5 million for renovation and demolition projects throughout the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Meredith Dilley)

Maxwell Airman receives $10K through IDEA Program

42nd Air Base Wing commander, Col. Trent Edwards and wing command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Garth Meade present Program Executive Office-Business Enterprise System, computer programmer Senior Airman Zachariah Grummons a $10,000 check from the Air Force Innovative Development through Employee Awareness Program. Recently, Grummons submitted the paperwork for IDEA 2012-2069, “IMDS Automation and Expediency of Element Recycles,” saving the Air Force $111,625 annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Voss)

Airman nets $10,000 through IDEA program

Tech. Sgt. Jesse Swiderek, 31st Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsmen, welds a joing on a ground equipment panel July 31, at Aviano Air base, Italy. Swiderek proposed a workcenter change to the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program regarding the welding of support brackets in aircraft fuel tanks, and received a $10,000 reward when his proposal was accepted.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Whitney)

New T-6 simulator

A student pilot enrolled in Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training at the 558th Flying Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, takes off in a new T-6 Texan II simulator July 10. The 558 FTS purchased 10 new simulators for $3 million, which saved the squadron millions of dollar when compared to a traditional T-6 simulator, which cost $3 million each. EDITOR'S NOTE: The student pilot's name was withheld due to security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clinton Atkins)