my role with the KC
46 conversion training with secondary .
I was not trained at McConnell . Like a
lot of uh Kadre where um I was trained
here back in june of last year for the
KC 46 conversion , I was in charge of
Basically the manning for all the
schools that we had to do . We did not
break any timelines . You get a 90 day
timeframe from the time that you've
received your first two aircrafts to
start your classes here on base and we
worked with the McConnell instructors
and we stuck with all of that and
everything went off Pretty much without
a hitch I believe through the
conversion , including our first group
of people we sent to McConnell . We had
170 people trained particularly with my
job . We now deal with mission systems .
So there was a primary focus on that .
Since it's a new task for the career
food . My favorite part of the
conversion training was being able to
learn alongside people that have been
in the Air Force through longer than
I've been alive . Uh the ability to
learn alongside someone who came from
the KC 1 35 definitely put us on a
level playing field and I was able to
gain some knowledge from them as we
both learn on the new aircraft . My
name is Senior Master Sergeant , Ryan
Horn , the 9 16 aircraft maintenance
squadrons and on the communication ,
navigation and mission systems section
chief Going through this training um ,
myself definitely gave me a deeper
appreciation for what they all do
individually . Um , it also gives me a
better idea of , you know , their their
strengths limitations , time praying um ,
and as far as developmentally um ,
going through this training really , it
really helped develop them as airman
and in the case of 46 conversion
training definitely boosted my
confidence with aircraft maintenance .
Uh , prior to my current position as a
G . R . A . Traditional reservists came
in one weekend a month . And uh , so
now , since I've completed the
conversion training , I feel like I'm
better prepared to to do this job every
day .