U.S. Pacific Command is sending a forward command element (FCE)
to Utapao, Thailand, to establish the command, control and
communication structure for Joint Task Force 536 (JTF 536).
Staff Sgt. Franklin Newbery (left) got to teach Col. Derrick
Hoxie III how to take oil and fluid samples from an A-10
Thunderbolt II on Christmas Day. The colonel was participating in
the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Crew Chief for a Day
program. The program offers deployed Airmen of all Air Force
specialties a chance to experience what it is like to work on
fighter jets.
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