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- [Sgt. Joe] Members of the Air Force

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Repair Enhancement Program, or AFREP,

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were sent a broken $20,000 satellite circuit board.

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Though the equipment had a high price tag, the fix was easy.

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^- We identified and replaced a broken resistor,

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^and it was a variable resistor

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^that controls the output of the voltage.

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We put a new one in there,

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and that was the good fix for the circuit card.

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- [Sgt. Joe] AFREP receives a lot of these expensive parts.

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It's their mission to provide a speedy

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and cost-efficient alternative for parts replacement.

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- [Zachary] Now I have to take and put it

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into our oven to cure.

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^- Basically our job is to save the Air Force money,

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^and at the same time, so we're not just saving money

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by supporting the flying mission,

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but we're also getting parts back to the unit

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a little bit quicker,

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so we do that by just repairing a lot of the assets

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that come off the flight line that would, no kidding,

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go in the trash, that would be thrown away.

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- [Sgt. Joe] And with the repaired part

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successfully installed, the fix is complete thanks to AFREP.

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From Mountain Home Air Force Base,

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I'm Tech Sergeant Joe Woolston.