Col. John Hanna, 56th Operations Group commander, speaks to the crowd during the banquet. Hanna stressed the importance of operations and maintenance working as a team to complete the mission.
The following individuals received 2012 Maintenance professional awards
Maintenance officer
1st Lt. Charles Glover, 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Direct sortie support
Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Brooks Hickmond, 756th AMXS
Indirect sortie support
Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Christopher Schettler, 56th Maintenance Operations Squadron
Specialist
Airman: Senior Airman Robert Smith, 56th AMXS
NCO: Staff Sgt. Derek Kreiner, 756th AMXS
Support
Airman: Senior Airman Dedra Roach, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron
NCO: Tech. Sgt. Eric Stromski, 56th CMS
Civilian: Ricky Radford, 56th MOS
Aircraft technician
Airman: Senior Airman Shawn Dyer, 56th EMS
NCO: Staff Sgt. Scott Lackey, 756th AMXS
Civilian: Ronald Dulaney, 56th EMS
Equipment technician
Airman: Senior Airman Dustin Goodman, 56th CMS
NCO: Staff Sgt. Nathan Errington, 56th CMS
Civilian: Paul Shows, 56th CMS
Crew
Assistant dedicated crew chief: Senior
Airman Scott McDonald, 56th AMXS
Dedicated crew chief: Staff Sgt. Steven
McClure, 756th AMXS
Weapons load crew
ME2 DaoLi Thai, ME1 Ong Kok Hao and ME1 Roger Wong, 56th AMXS
Tech. Sgt. Curtis Bourland, 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit programs NCO-in-charge, poses for a photo during the banquet. The units vied for the Teamwork award and were judged on decorations, battle cries, participation and esprit de corps.
