EDWARDS EMPLOYEE GETS AWARD.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - An Edwards Air Force Base civilian employee was recently recognized for his outstanding aircraft maintenance performance. Lennis Ben, weapons expediter for the 416th Flight Test Squadron, was awarded the Air Force-level 2001 Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Maintenance Award for outstanding civilian technician in the munitions/missile maintenance area. Ben started work as an F-16 munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. system mechanic and load crew chief at Edwards in 1996, and stepped up to the expediter position in 1998. As an expediter, he leads and works with teams of military and civilian employees in uploading and downloading
"Upload" and "Download" redirect here. For other uses, see Upload (disambiguation) and Download (disambiguation). F-16 munitions, including munitions under developmental test and evaluation (programming) Developmental Test and Evaluation - (DT&E) Activity which focuses on the technological and engineering aspects of a system or piece of equipment. and operational test and evaluation (testing) operational test and evaluation - (OT&E) Formal testing conducted prior to deployment to evaluate the operational effectiveness and suitability of the system with respect to its mission. . ``Winning this award for the entire Air Force in my category is mind- boggling,'' he said. ``I'm still in euphoria. But it wouldn't have happened without the efforts of my co-workers and supervisors.'' Named in honor of retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, the award recognizes maintainers in the categories of aircraft, munitions/missile and communications-electronics maintenance. Marquez retired from the Air Force in 1987. |
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