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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Repair facility saves nuclear command $13 millionRepair facility saves nuclear command $13 million
                        
                        
                        Senior Airmen Taylor Davis and Nathan Pennington, both 2nd Maintenance Squadron bomber hydraulic centralized repair facility journeymen, work together to ratchet a bolt into a brake for a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 23, 2017. This unit has only been at Barksdale AFB since 2015 and saved the Air Force $13 million in 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)
                
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        Repair facility saves nuclear command $13 millionRepair facility saves nuclear command $13 million
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Nicholas Geiger, 2nd Maintenance Squadron bomber hydraulic centralized repair facility shift lead, assembles a B-52 Stratofortress brake at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 23, 2017. After the first of the year the amount of components that Barksdale AFB’s CRF can accommodate will increase by 40 percent due to a new hydraulic test stand. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)
                
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                        Senior Airman Nathan Pennington, 2nd Maintenance Squadron bomber hydraulic centralized repair facility journeyman, removes safety wire off of a spoiler actuator at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 23, 2017. The safety wire on this component is used to ensure the bolts stay tight and in place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)
                
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                        Airman 1st Class Santiago Sejas, 2nd Maintenance Squadron bomber hydraulic centralized repair facility journeyman, hammers in a bolt at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 23, 2017. Repairs completed by Barskdale AFB’s hydro bomber CRF equal save the Air Force about $60,000 to $80,000 a day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)
                
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Repair facility saves AFGSC $13 millionPublished Nov. 7, 2017
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick
                    
                    
                    2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs
            **BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) --**The nuclear mission cannot be stopped by old or non-functioning aircraft components. The solution to this is a trip to a bomber hydraulic Centralized Repair Facility which saves time and money.
The bomber hydro CRF at Barksdale Air Force Base has repaired enough parts from the bomber fleet to save the Air Force over $13 million in 2017.
“Our CRF is rated number one out of five CRFs across the entire Air Force,” said Tech. Sgt. Joshua Partin, 2nd Maintenance Squadron bomber hydro CRF flight chief. “Having that title means that we are repairing and restoring more parts at a higher rate than anyone else out there.”
They attribute that success to the work of everyone at the CRF.
“The Airmen, [noncommissioned officers] and leadership over our facility work very hard every day to achieve our mission,” said Partin. “That is why we’re are able to be successful enough to be rated number one.”
To start the process, parts are sent in from the flight service center and disassembled by the CRF. Then they are routed to the fabrication flight for a routine that involves paint removal, a non-destructive inspection and a new paint. 
“The CRF reassembles and conducts a function test on the repaired component to ensure it is functioning properly,” said Partin. “If the component passes the test it is turned back into the flight service center to be distributed throughout Air Force Global Strike Command.”
This newly derived unit, which has only been at Barksdale AFB since 2015, is able to accommodate assets from the B-52 Stratofortress, the B-1 Lancer and the B-2 Spirit. This year the repair rate for this CRF is 96 percent.
“Each day we are saving anywhere from $60,000 to $80,000,” said Staff Sgt. Nicholas Geiger, 2nd MXS bomber hydro CRF shift lead. “We are making sure that supply has all the parts they need to deliver them to the flightline.”
After the first of the year, the amount of components the CRF can accommodate will increase by 40 percent thanks to a new hydraulic test stand.
“Right now with the test stand we have, we can only do certain tasks,” said Geiger. “As soon as we get the new one in it will expand our capabilities to deal with higher pressures and more in depth testing, which will allow us to test more assets across the bomber fleet.”
This new stand will also allow them to cut out a trip to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, two to three times a year. These trips were necessary because the current hydraulic test stand at Barksdale AFB is not capable of testing B-1 and B-2 parts.
“Cutting out this trip saves around $70,000 a trip,” said Geiger. “That equates to roughly $210,000 annually.”
The amount of funds and resources that will be spared thanks to the CRF and the new test stand will continue to increase, ensuring the Air Force’s nuclear capabilities are mission ready at any time.2nd Bomb Wing 



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