445 MXG celebrates high FY14 MC rate with burger burn

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  • By 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The aroma of burgers, chicken, pork chops and hot dogs filled Building 4026 as maintainers from the 445th Maintenance Group hosted a burger burn for the wing Oct. 21, 2014. The burger burn was held to help celebrate the maintainers closing out FY14 with an above average mission capable rate for the wing's fleet of nine C-17 Globemaster IIIs.

MC rates measures aircraft availability for mission effectiveness and is generally used to measure fleet health and maintenance productivity. In this instance, the wing is compared with six other air reserve components flying the C-17.

During the month of June, the 445th's C-17 rate was 90.2 percent. In July it was 95.3 percent. August came in at 86.7 percent followed by September with an 89.4 percent. September. The Air Force Reserve Command standard is 87.5 percent.

For the number of jets assigned to the wing, the rate reflects the percentage of time over a given month AMXS maintainers were able to keep the jets in commission with no broken aircraft sitting on the ramp or in the hangar.