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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Air Force Capt. Katia Pillot, logistics flight commander with the 612th Air Base Squadron, introduces U.S. Staff Sgt. Adrian Diaz, center right, demo coordinator and a small air terminal supervisor with the 612th ABS, to Honduran Air Force Lt. Col. Jaime Leonel Brito, left, commander of Soto Cano Air Base, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Lopez, right, commander of the 612th ABS, before a partnership building event at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 17, 2021. The 612th ABS provides air base support to Joint Task Force-Bravo operations and Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH) with air traffic control, logistics, base civil engineering, fire department, airfield operations and personnel functions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Moya Romero, a small air terminal journeyman with the 612th Air Base Squadron, translates for U.S. Air Force Capt. Katia Pillot, logistics flight commander with the 612th ABS, during closing remarks after a building partnerships event at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 17, 2021. U.S. Airmen with the 612th ABS Logistics Flight hosted 18 maintainers and trained them how to operate 10K All-Terrain Forklifts, 25K Halvorsen loader vehicles and Tunner 60K aircraft cargo loaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Staff Sgt. Adrian Diaz, left, demo coordinator and a small air terminal supervisor with the 612th Air Base Squadron, talks with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Lopez, center, commander of the 612th ABS, and Honduran Air Force Lt. Col. Jaime Leonel Brito, right, commander of Soto Cano Air Base, before a building partnerships event at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 17, 2021. The 612th ABS provides air base support to Joint Task Force-Bravo operations and Twelfth Air Force (AFSOUTH) with air traffic control, logistics, base civil engineering, fire department, airfield operations and personnel functions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Francisco Quintana, left, a small air terminal supervisor with the 612th Air Base Squadron, trains Commando II Lourdes Maribel Gamez, an aircraft maintainer with the Honduran Air Force, how to operate 10K All-Terrain Forklift during a building partnerships event at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 17, 2021. U.S. Airmen with the 612th ABS Logistics Flight hosted 18 maintainers and trained them how to operate 10K All-Terrain Forklifts, 25K Halvorsen loader vehicles and Tunner 60K aircraft cargo loaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano)</div>
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    <div><b>By  Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano</b> <span class="date">/ Published June 30, 2021</span></div>
    <span class="dateline-text">SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, </span>
    <p>U.S. Air Force logistics flight Airmen with the 612th Air Base Squadron hosted 18 maintainers of the Honduran Air Force (HAF) during a building partnerships event, June 17, including six Honduran female aircraft maintainers.<br />
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During the event, U.S. Airmen trained HAF maintainers to operate the 10K All-Terrain Forklifts, 25K Halvorsen loader vehicles and Tunner 60K aircraft cargo loaders.<br />
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“I wanted to build up and strengthen our partnership since we worked together during the hurricane relief efforts, this past winter,” said U.S. Staff Sgt. Adrian Diaz, demo coordinator and the small air terminals supervisor with the 612th ABS. “I thought it would be a great opportunity for us to showcase our equipment and how we can use it to work together in the future.”<br />
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Diaz and his team also ensured their female HAF logistics counterparts were in attendance for an opportunity to operate the equipment and help promote the local Women, Peace and Security Program in Honduras.<br />
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“I really liked this because it was the first time I’ve driven this kind of equipment and it’s been a great experience,” said Commando II Lourdes Maribel Gamez, an aircraft maintainer with the HAF. “Seeing everything so well organized is a good experience for me so I can take it back and help try to keep our own equipment in better condition and more organized, as well.”<br />
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During hurricane relief efforts last year, Airmen with the 612th ABS and the HAF worked together to unload humanitarian aid supplies and a mobile hospital brought in by U.S. Air Force aircraft.<br />
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“They do have similar equipment like ours, but their largest forklift only allows them to lift 4,000 lbs,” said Diaz. “If we can keep training and working together at events like this, we can qualify all of them to operate our 10K All-Terrain Forklift so we can continue to help each other during future operations when needed.”<br />
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Learning to operate heavy machinery as an aircraft maintainer is part of the job, but the female aircraft maintainers in attendance learned additional lessons during the demo.<br />
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“One of the important parts of this demo was seeing U.S. Air Force females on the flightline and training with us,” said Gamez. “It shows me a lot -- that we can do anything, too.”</p>
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