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U.S. Air Force Airmen from five different maintenance squadrons came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleet in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Maintenance Squadron, test out the repaired lightning control units in a C-130 H3 Hercules in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. The Airmen are part of a team maintainers from five different maintenance squadrons who came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleets. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Corson, 133rd Maintenance Squadron, drills out a bad screw in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. Corson is helping out a team maintainers from five different maintenance squadrons who came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleets. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Gottlob, 120th Maintenance Squadron, removes screws from a lightning control unit in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. Gottlob is part of a team maintainers from five different maintenance squadrons who came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleets. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Mathisen, 133rd Maintenance Squadron, soders a micro unit on the trimming status panel in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. Mathisen is part of a team maintainers from five different maintenance squadrons who came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleets. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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David Bethel, left, an engineer from Robbins Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kyle Mayer, center, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Scott Mathisen, right, 133rd Maintenance Squadron, test the micro unit on a trimming status panel in St. Paul, Minn., April 7, 2022. Bethel, Mayer, and Mathisen represent maintainers from five different maintenance squadrons who came together to repair aging lighting control units for their C-130 H3 Hercules fleets. This ingenuity not only restored the operational status of 11 of 16 lighting control units, it also saved the U.S. Air Force approximately $1.6M dollars. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Amy M. Lovgren)

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Creative Engineering

Published April 7, 2022
By Amy M. Lovgren
133rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs