QA helps improve maintenance efficiency
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Staff Sgt. Michael Selfridge, left, 52nd Maintenance Operations Squadron aircraft maintenance inspector, inspects Senior Airman William Jones’, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron environmental electrician journeyman, work while he troubleshoots an environmental control system issue of an A-10 Thunderbolt II inside Hardened Aircraft Shelter 16 here March 6. The AMXS quality assurance section is made up of eight certified maintenance inspectors who inspect 81st and 480th Fighter Squadron aircraft maintenance processes. Quality assurance modernizes the Air Force’s aircraft maintenance and training by tracking maintenance performance against metrics to improve efficiency, production, and reliability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis/Released)