Blackwell earns ACE Award

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Blackwell, an Aircraft Fuel Systems apprentice student, works on a fuel tank during training at the 361st Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 17, 2013. Blackwell earned the ACE award for finishing the course with a 100 percent academic average. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Aircraft fuel systems apprentice earns ACE award

Published April 17, 2013
By Dan Hawkins
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Blackwell received the ACE award April 18 during a graduation ceremony here for the 361st Training Squadron's Aircraft Fuel Systems course.

The ACE award is the highest academic honor a student can receive and is earned for exceptional performance by maintaining a perfect 100% average through the entire course.

The 36-day long course covers five blocks of instruction including maintenance fundamentals, fuel systems, fuel tank entry/confined spaces, fuel cells and integral fuel tanks.

Blackwell is from Vancouver, Wash and is retraining from the Aerospace Ground Equipment career field.

The 10-year Air Force veteran is currently assigned to the 55th Maintenance Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb. Blackwell is getting ready to change stations to the 92nd Maintenance Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Wash.