Combat Airlifter
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dustin Blakney, a 19th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, was named Combat Airlifter of the Week Oct. 19, 2015, on Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Blakney, an Adamsville, Tenn., native, authored a C-130J computerized numeric milling program to manufacture nine core bolt spacers, an asset that is hard to produce and unavailable through supply channels. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephanie Serrano)