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January 22, 2025

Travis AFB innovates PPE, helps DGMC fight spread of coronavirus

David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center medics at Travis AFB contacted the base’s 60th Air Mobility Wing Phoenix Spark innovation cell, which quickly sprang into action prototyping and developing N95 mask covers and face shields for 3D printing to prolong the life cycle of certified N95 masks.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Lee Prankard, 60th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, monitors a water jet as it cuts through old aircraft material to create parts for face shields March 31, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The 60th Air Mobility Wing Phoenix Spark innovation cell, 60th MXS and 60th Bioenvironmental Engineering Squadron collaborated to come up with easy-to-manufacture PPE for David Grant USAF Medical Center personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Keller)

This article was first featured at https://ift.tt/2yVr2nt on April 12, 2020 at 08:14AM by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell

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