Combat Airlifter of The Week: Staff Sgt. Darryl McRae

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  • By Airman 1st Class Grace Nichols
  • 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Rank/Name: Staff Sgt. Darryl McRae

Unit19th Maintenance Squadron

Duty Titleaircraft structural maintenance journeyman

HometownFayetteville, North Carolina

Time on Station: four years

Time in Servicefour and half years

Hobbies: sports

Goalsachieve rank of master sergeant


What Core Value do they portray and how?
Excellence in All We Do. Two of Team Little Rock's aircraft were caught in a hail storm in Colorado, damaging the flight controls and other skins. McRae is currently leading a team to document the damage on one of the aircraft, totaling more than 8,000 dents. He met with and was trained by a Lockheed Martin structural engineer. He took this unique training and taught his team. His dedication to the Air Force core values and especially Excellence in All We Do was made evident during the process and is why he personifies the Combat Airlifter.