1st Lt. Eric Yerly's job as a depot liaison engineer (DLE) sometimes requires him to fit into small spaces to fix aircraft problems or find their root causes. Yerly is currently deployed to Southwest Asia where he is one of four DLEs responsible for the safety of flight for all the aircraft in Air Force Central Command's area of responsibility. At home station, Yerly responds to Air Force wide C-130 technical resistance requests (TARS) at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins AFB, Ga. TARS are most commonly submitted when aircraft maintainers run into an aircraft issue that
1st Lt. Eric Yerly's job as a depot liaison engineer (DLE) sometimes requires him to fit into small spaces to fix aircraft problems or find their root causes. Yerly is currently deployed to Southwest Asia where he is one of four DLEs responsible for the safety of flight for all the aircraft in Air Force Central Command's area of responsibility. At home station, Yerly responds to Air Force wide C-130 technical resistance requests (TARS) at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins AFB, Ga. TARS are most commonly submitted when aircraft maintainers run into an aircraft issue that their technical orders (TOs) do not address. Having an engineer on hand in a deployed location ensures that issues not addressed in the (TOs) can be handled on the spot.
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