924th FG honors DCC's with ceremony

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.
  • 944th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZ. --  The 924th Fighter Group honored thirteen of their finest 924th Maintenance Squadron crew chief's April 11 during a dedicated crew chief ceremony, at the 924th MXS hangar.

A DCC is a crew chief that is assigned to an aircraft and is responsible for all the maintenance actions on it until either the aircraft is no longer in commission or the crew chief is no longer with the squadron or is promoted to a supervisory position.

Each DCC was presented a certificate acknowledging the occasion by the pilot assigned to the aircraft.

DCC's are selected by the capabilities they have demonstrated and are assigned by maintenance squadron supervision while pilots are assigned by fighter squadron supervision.

"We absolutely need to trust our crew chiefs," said Col. Thomas McNurlin, 924th Fighter Group commander. "The lives of our pilots are in their hands."

"Here, we in the AFRC own production on the AMXS side along with 40 regular Air Force active associate members assigned to the unit," continued McNurlin. "In the back shops or MXS side of the house, we are classically associated and the 355th Maintenance Group owns the process and we are supported as a tenant unit.  It's a structure unique in AFRC and provides many challenges to own part but not all of the process."

The 924th FG has the luxury of continuity whereas regular Air Force personnel typically PCS every few years. They are the only fighter unit that is both a total force active association and classic association unit.