Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, mentors Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, while conducting routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an advanced echelon team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which, resulted in 56 B-1B sorties totaling 672 flying hours.

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