Flight engineers prove always ready, win AFRC safety award
From left, Senior Master Sgt. John Gabel, 5th Special Operations Squadron flight engineer, stands next to Master Sgt. Frank Veres, 492nd Special Operations Training Support Squadron flight engineer, in front of an MC-130H Combat Talon II at Hurlburt Field, Florida, January 11, 2023. A hydraulic leak on board lead to a large electrical fire which the flight engineer duos assisted in putting out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Gentile)