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- I am Tech Sergeant
Howard from the 332nd AEW,

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I am from RAF Lakenheath,
and I am representing

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Weapons Sections and also
the Quality Assurance Office.

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Today, I will be doing a demonstration

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on our lot 128-129 overspray protectors.

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Uh, These overspray
protectors are designed

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to prevent overspray
on critical components

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and markings on our lot 128-129.

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They will be used on
all model F-15, F-16's,

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across the Air Force, both
flatline and backshop.

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So, currently the start and stop process

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takes between 30-45 minutes.

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That includes taping off all
the rail, doing the weight,

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and cutting out each one of
these critical components

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that needs to be SFD.

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The Air Force uses about,
spend about $36,000

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worth of tape every 18 months.

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Just on taping.

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This tool will also
eliminate haz waste by 85%.

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This is due to, we will
not be using any tape,

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we will be using some
precut out protectors.

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This is Airman Alejo from
the armament section.

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And he is gonna be SFD'ing the rail

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with the current process.

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He's gonna go ahead
and follow the 18 month

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lubrication section in the tech data.

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(upbeat music)

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While this is drying, I will
show you guys a new tools

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we have come up with.

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This is the M9 cutout cover.

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This is the new cover and it
will cover the striker points,

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and the M120 on the logo.

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This will protect aft dampeners.

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And then we have this tool
which you can use to SFD

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the latches and also go along the rail.

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Currently it takes 30 to 45 minutes

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just to tape off the rail.

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With these new tools it takes
approximately 25 seconds.

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As you can see the design of each tool

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is also meant for it to
stick out with a handle,

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that way it can prevent us
from leaving it on the jet.

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(upbeat music)

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Now that the SFD has
dried for five minutes,

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we are gonna go ahead and
remove the tape from it.

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As you can see, we have put
a lot of tape onto the rail,

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and all this is gonna go
right into our haz waste.

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Whereas on our launcher protector tools,

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it just goes right into the tool

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and we don't have to
worry about haz waste.

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(upbeat music)

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After the tape is removed,
you have to clean off

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any tape residue according
to the tech data.

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So he has to go back and
clean off any excess residue

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left over from the tape.

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With the launcher protector tools

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you don't have to worry about that.

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After the rail has dried off,

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we will pull off the
protectors and as you can see

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there is a difference where
we will not be using any

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haz waste and this is
what comes out of one rail

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every 90 days.