WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Staff Sgt. Amy Stanfield, 445th Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment, flight line supervisor, has been hand selected as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the fit verification check on a new beacon that will be implemented Air Force wide. Sergeant Stanfield was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Human Systems Division due to her knowledge, accomplishments and superior standards. She is one of two people chosen throughout the Air Force.
The beacons purchased through this acquisition will serve as peacetime life-saving search and rescue devices for the entire U.S. Air Force fleet. This beacon will be the only emergency locator device installed in multiple survival kits in ejection seats and multiple styles of parachutes Air-Force wide.
As the SME, she will assess which beacons meet the kit configuration requirement. Sergeant Stanfield’s knowledge and expertise of the configurations is essential to the success of the acquisition and the Human Systems Division thanks her for her invaluable contribution and expertise.