Younger AFE award

(Right) Master Sgt. Kevin Younger, 706th Fighter Squadron, monitors Airman First Class Paul Niekelski, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment apprentice, conducting a pressurization test that checks for leaks in the F-35 G-suit here Feb. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jessica D'Ambrosio)

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TFI AFE team

(Center) Master Sgt. Kevin Younger, pictured with the team here Feb. 22, credits the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop with earning the Air Force-level award. The team is composed of Regular Air Force members and full-time integrated reservists who employ the F-35 Automated Logistics Integrated System to test AFE equipment. Younger has been integrated into the RegAF unit since 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Integrated reservist named Air Force top performer

Published Feb. 24, 2016
926th Wing public affairs

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Congratulations to Master Sgt. Kevin Younger who was recently named the Air Force's Aircrew Flight Equipment Senior Noncommissioned Officer of 2015 for the Air Reserve Component. Younger is a reservist with the 706th Fighter Squadron here, integrated full time with the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron as the unit's AFE Superintendent. He received the award for directing a $10 million AFE operation for 56 aircraft, training joint troops, and helping develop F-35 equipment inspection procedures and program instructions that have been incorporated Air Force wide, among many other accomplishments. Younger previously received this award in 2011.

Younger AFE award

TFI AFE team