Name and Rank: Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Valdovinos-Castillo
Unit: 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
Official Duty title: C-130J Crew Chief
Hometown: Roseville, California
Time in service: 12 years
Time at Little Rock: 2 years
Goals: To retire after 20 years leaving the Air Force better than he found it, and opening up a gym.
Hobbies: Working out and being a father
19th Airlift Wing priority portrayed and why?
As a technical expert on the C-130J, Valdovinos-Castillo trains the unit’s assigned crew chiefs on aircraft inspections, servicing and numerous repairs. He recently lead an ability to survive and operate exercise, training 10 Airmen on aircraft decontamination procedures. TSgt Valdovinos-Castillo’s efforts are the reason the Airmen of the 19th AMXS are ready to operate in contested environments and provide Combat Airlift at a moments notice.