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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Air Force announces Spark Tank finalistsPublished Jan. 26, 2018
                    
                    By Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook
                    
                    
                    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
            **WASHINGTON (AFNS) --**The Air Force announced the six Spark Tank finalists who will showcase their innovative ideas to Air Force senior leaders Feb. 23, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium.
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson first announced the Air Force’s Spark Tank competition during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 18, 2017.
The finalists are:
1st Lt. James Eimers, 90th Munitions Squadron,
F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Air Force Global Strike Command
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Tech. Sgt. Bartek Bachleda, 22nd Air Refueling Wing,
McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Air Mobility Command
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Senior Airman Christopher Caruso, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,
Aviano AFB, Italy United States Air Force Europe
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Master Sgt. Thomas Crider, 164th Airlift Wing
Memphis Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, Air National Guard
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Col. Tri Trinh, Lt. Col. Mike Fellows, Capt. Liquat Ali, Senior Master Sgt. Timm Huffman,
Air Force Reserve Command
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John Figgins, Joseph Motowski, Jeffery Hopkins, Micah Turner,
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Air Mobility Command
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The Spark Tank competition, which is co-hosted between the Airmen Powered by Innovation program and the newly-announced AFWERX innovation ecosystem, was conducted in a multi-step approach starting with participants submitting their idea through the API website. Each major command selected two innovative ideas within their commands to compete at the headquarters level.
“The pace of change is accelerating and the Air Force knows the next generation of innovators are the ones who will take us into our future,” Wilson said. “I know the true source of our military might is not merely in the investments we make but in the courage and ingenuity of our people, and the innovative spirit that has made our Armed Forces the envy of the world.”Spark Tank 



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