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Integrated reservist named Air Force top performer

By , 926th Wing public affairs / Published February 24, 2016

(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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(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)

(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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(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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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.