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Employee of the Quarter - Q2, 2021

Jeff Aiken

  • Lead Pod Tech
  • Eglin AFB, FL
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  • Supported pod loads on 513 aircraft sorties this quarter flown on F-16, F-15C, and F-15E aircraft with only one Non-Effective Sortie due to Edge GPS receiver testing
  • Phenomenal support for several Large Force Exercises this quarter
    • Key to the successful accomplishment of the "Emerald Flag” Exercise hosted by the 40th Flight Test Squadron
      • Total of 27 Podded sorties flown in support of the exercise with 100% Mission Effectiveness
    • Supported Tyndall’s Checkered Flag Exercise, 30 Sorties flown from Eglin’s Squadrons with a 100% Mission Effectiveness
  • Instrumental to the successful accomplishment of P5 EDGE GPS Receiver Flight Testing
    • 43 test missions conducted on both F-16 and F-15 aircraft 73 hours of total flight data collected on the newly designed GPS Unit
    • Collected valuable data on the single failed test mission, the EDGE Unit failed to acquire satellites causing a GPS locked condition
  • Supported 21 Test Missions this quarter for several Eglin Weapons Test programs, Angry Kitten, Legion, Aim-9X and LIDAR valuable test data was collected from each P5 pod that were flown during these high priority test missions
  • Key to the highly successful employment of F-16s from the 173rd FS, Klamath Falls Oregon 3May – 14May, 42 Sorties flown with F-35s from the 58th FS, 100% Effective
  • Supported P5 Pod GPS denied environment testing, performed modification of two pods with shielded tape theoretically preventing ground jamming signals to reach the pod’s GPS antenna, test data collected on local and missions flown during Northern Edge 21
  • Effected the repair of Eglin’s remote RRU reporting a GPS Fix Fail, deduced the failure was the GPS Cable connection to the GPS Antenna, removed and replace the connector returning RRU to fully operational
  • Recognized subject matter expert and go to guy on the P5 Pod and associated test equipment
    • Fields daily calls and e-mails from BSEn pod technicians on subjects ranging from DIGS-E TCTO, RRU, PSTU anomalies, and P5 pod troubleshooting
  • Instrumental in the successful accomplishment of the DIGS-E TCTO 43D17-5-19-536 on 17 assigned DIGS units
  • Accomplished first ever P5 Pod loads on the F-15EX aircraft, supported Electromagnetic Immunity Testing and Flight Testing on the latest airframe in the USAF’s inventory
  • Received P5 Spectrum Software training from Eglin’s P5 Modeling and Simulation Lab Engineers