McChord Airmen train Australian maintainers (Sheppard Air Force Base)

(Source: Sheppard Air Force Base) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- An Airman working inside an aircraft engine asks a wingman to pass him a 'torch'. A torch is a common Australian term for a flashlight and the Airman asking for the flashlight is one of the Australian Airman attending maintenance training here at JBLM. The Australians are attending a aircraft maintenance class here Feb. 22 through April 25, conducted by the 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 12. Each year more than 40 Australian Airmen come to JBLM to receive training on C-17s. Classes are...