Holding it down

Master Sgt. Thomas Mikan, a maintenance expediter with the 714th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a truck on the flightline March 9, 2016. Mikan and dozen of other traditional Reserve Airmen were called upon to hold down the flightline while their active-duty counterparts were away performing a training exercise. Mikan is a native of Pittsburg, Penn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Shawn J. Jones

Reservists hold down the line

Published March 28, 2016
By Shawn J. Jones
514th Air Mobility Wing public affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- PHOTO: Master Sgt. Thomas Mikan, a maintenance expediter with the 714th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a truck on the flightline March 9, 2016. Mikan and dozen of other traditional Reserve Airmen were called upon to hold down the flightline while their active-duty counterparts were away performing a training exercise. As a maintenance expediter, Mikan helps organize, assign and assist other aircraft maintainers to ensure flighline maintenance is performed efficiently and according to mission requirements. Mikan is a native of Pittsburg, Penn.