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210119-F-F3481-0002

The AC-130J aircraft body that would be turned into the Enhanced Fuselage Trainer was delivered on flatbed trailers to the 58th Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, in December 2019. (Courtesy photo)

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210119-F-F3481-0001

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210119-F-AH330-0006

Col. Michael Curry, 58th Special Operations Wing commander, left, and Lt. Col. Benjamin Bryant, 58th Training Squadron commander, cut a ribbon Jan. 15, 2021, to formally open the Enhanced Fuselage Trainer in the 58th TRS’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0001

The Enhanced Fuselage Trainer has been installed in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0007

Airmen tour the Enhanced Fuselage Trainer Jan. 15, 2021, in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0005

Col. Michael Curry, 58th Special Operations Wing commander, spoke Jan. 15, 2021, before cutting a ribbon to formally open the Enhanced Fuselage Trainer in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0004

Lt. Col. Benjamin Bryant, 58th Training Squadron commander, spoke Jan. 15, 2021, before cutting a ribbon to formally open the Enhanced Fuselage Trainer in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0003

The Enhanced Fuselage Trainer instructor operator station is housed in a separate structure linked to the EFuT installed in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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210115-F-AH330-0002

The Enhanced Fuselage Trainer has been installed in the 58th Training Squadron’s “Monster Garage” at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran)

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Air traffic controller at Kirtland AFB credited with saving CV-22 crew, aircraft

The airport traffic control tower at the Albuquerque International Sunport/Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Wendy Smith, an air traffic controller at the Albuquerque International Sunport/Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., received a coin Jan. 8, 2021, from Lt. Col. Brett Cassidy, 71st Special Operations Squadron commander. For her actions Nov. 10, 2020, Smith is credited with preventing a "catastrophic failure" of a CV-22 that could have claimed the lives of the six crew members aboard and possibly destroyed a $90 million aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran.)

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Air traffic controller at Kirtland AFB credited with saving CV-22 crew, aircraft

Wendy Smith, second from right, an air traffic controller at the Albuquerque International Sunport/Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., receives a coin Jan. 8, 2021, from Lt. Col. Brett Cassidy, 71st Special Operations Squadron commander, right. For her actions Nov. 10, 2020, Smith is credited with preventing a "catastrophic failure" of a CV-22 that could have claimed the lives of the six crew members aboard and possibly destroyed a $90 million aircraft. Senior Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, 71st SOS superintendent, left, and Lt. Col. William Mendel, 71st SOS operations officer, second from left, also attended the presentation. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran.)

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Air traffic controller at Kirtland AFB credited with saving CV-22 crew, aircraft

Wendy Smith, left, an air traffic controller at the Albuquerque International Sunport/Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., receives a coin Jan. 8, 2021, from Lt. Col. Brett Cassidy, 71st Special Operations Squadron commander, right. For her actions Nov. 10, 2020, Smith is credited with preventing a "catastrophic failure" of a CV-22 that could have claimed the lives of the six crew members aboard and possibly destroyed a $90 million aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Cochran.)

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201119-F-WV904-0001

Airman 1st Class Christian A. Pourier, 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation operator at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, trains in a Doron Precision Systems 550Truckplus driving simulator Nov. 19, 2020. The $180,000 device allows lifelike driver training and eliminates the additional maintenance workload that would be required on actual vehicles operated by trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)

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201119-F-WV904-0005

The 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation element at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, conducts training in a new Doron Precision Systems 550Truckplus driving simulator Nov. 19, 2020. The $180,000 device allows lifelike driver training and eliminates the additional maintenance workload that would be required on actual vehicles operated by trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)

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201119-F-WV904-0003

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201119-F-WV904-0002

Airman 1st Class Christian A. Pourier, 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation specialist at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, trains in a Doron Precision Systems 550Truckplus driving simulator Nov. 19, 2020. The $180,000 device allows lifelike driver training and eliminates the additional maintenance workload that would be required on actual vehicles operated by trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)

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201105-F-WV904-0001

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command (front left), and Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief (back left), are welcomed by Col. Michael Curry, 58th Special Operations Wing commander (front right), and Chief Master Sgt. John Pilla, 58th SOW command chief (back right), and walk from the flightline to the 58th SOW facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Todd Berenger)

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201105-F-WV904-0002

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command (center), and Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief (right), met with Maj. Gen. Kenneth Nava, New Mexico National Guard adjutant general (left), at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 5, 2020. The meeting involved discussions of Guard-specific issues related to total force integration and the partnership of the 58th Special Operations Wing and 150th SOW. (Photo by Todd Berenger)

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201105-F-WV904-0004

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command (right), and Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief (center), met with Maj. Gen. Kenneth Nava, New Mexico National Guard adjutant general (left), at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 5, 2020. The meeting involved discussions of Guard-specific issues related to total force integration and the partnership of the 58th Special Operations Wing and 150th SOW. (Photo by Todd Berenger)

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201106-F-WV904-0008

Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command (left), presented the AETC Top Special Operations Squadron of the Year Award to Lt. Col. Amy McQuitty, 415th SOS commander, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 6, 2020. (Photo by Todd Berenger)

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