SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --
Unit: Field Training Detachment 27, 372nd Training
Squadron
Location:
Grand Forks, ND
Mission:
Making Great Maintainers and
Communicators Even Better
Vision:
Teaching
the Future Today
Motto:
“Preparing Today’s Maintainers for Tomorrow’s Challenges”
Staff:
7 Enlisted Active Duty
What
We Do:
The
372nd Training Squadron’s Field Training Detachment 27 is located at Grand Forks
Air Force Base near the city of Grand Forks and North of Fargo in Northeastern
North Dakota. Det 27’s vision is “Teaching the future, today!”, which is emblematic of the technologically
advanced aircraft they instruct on and propels them to complete their mission
of “Making great maintainers and communicators even better.”
Master Sgt. Christopher Miller, Detachment
Chief said, “Our mission and vision meshes perfectly with the entire RQ-4
Global Hawk system which is all about providing superior surveillance and
real-time communication. Our instructors
have an extensive pool of knowledge which comes from the diverse work
experience of our seven members. While
we may be one of the smallest detachments, we are exceptionally synergized,
making us greater than the sum of our individual parts.”
The detachment’s Production Supervisor,
Tech. Sgt. Ryan Bacskai, further explained, “We at Det 27, are capable of
providing all the required training for the entirety of the RQ-4 program here
at Grand Forks. We support the 266 personnel assigned to our host unit, the
69th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. In
2015 alone, we trained 142 students in 10 courses for a combined total of over
1100 hours!”
Tech. Sgt. Ryan Bacskai continued, “We
always look for ways to better ourselves and improve the quality of product we
offer our host unit. In the last 18
months we’ve added an advance wire maintenance course. Recently, members of the host unit called
upon the skills they gained in the wire maintenance course to correct a major
discrepancy and return a crucial aircraft to service in the AOR.” TSgt Bacskai ended with, “There’s nothing
quite like seeing prior students accomplishing the mission with knowledge they
gained from your instruction.”
The senior Avionics instructor, Tech. Sgt. Kory
Boardman, added, “Being an FTD instructor these last few years have been the
best years in my Air Force career. The camaraderie and community involvement is
at its core. Whether it’s coaching youth hockey or involvement in the local
chamber of commerce, we are guided by a desire to better our community and
invest in its future, today!”