Staff Sgt. Thang Huynh, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance journeyman, sets up metal plates for immersion group members to rivet.

Photos by Airman 1st Class Ridge Shan

Tech. Sgt. Michael Crumb, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron Fuel Systems production supervisor, briefs Airmen in the immersion program on F-16 Fighting Falcon maintenance processes. The group was also briefed on F-35 Lightning II maintenance processes. The immersion program provided the first opportunity for some Airmen to be on the flightline or in a maintenance area.

Senior Airman Alisha LaRocca, 56th Force Support Squadron food supervisor and immersion group member, learns how to perform maintenance on a jet engine afterburner Nov. 13 at Luke Air Force Base. The 56th Force Support Squadron plans and organizes each immersion program which rotates among the wing groups and allows Airmen to learn about and experience jobs performed outside their career fields. The Airmen are selected by their section chiefs.

Airmen experience welding and other metallurgy practices during the tour.

An Airman writes his name on pieces of welded metal. Airmen experienced first-hand welding and other metallurgy practices during the immersion program tour of the 56th Maintenance Group.