Keeping the C-17 mission ready

Senior Airman Nicholas Wright, 445th Maintenance Squadron metals technologist, uses software and measuring tools to digitally recreate and produce physical products. The software he is using, Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), allows him to create an accurate three dimensional blueprint which can then be crafted by automated manufacturing machines. Metal technologists save the Air Force time and money by providing fabrication services that can create designs and speed up projects.

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Keeping the C-17 mission ready

Published April 14, 2021
By Staff Sgt. Ethan G. Spickler
445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Senior Airman Nicholas Wright, 445th Maintenance Squadron metals technologist, uses software and measuring tools to digitally recreate and produce physical products. The software he is using, Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), allows him to create an accurate three dimensional blueprint which can then be crafted by automated manufacturing machines. Metal technologists save the Air Force time and money by providing fabrication services that can create designs and speed up projects.