AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy – This week’s Wyvern Warrior Team of the Week is the 31st Munitions Gun Combat Armament Support Team.
This team is responsible for 54 M61A1 gun systems and 11 Universal Ammunition Loading Systems that are valued at $67M.
“We support the Buzzards and The Triple Nickel which are very large and play a big part in the space,” said Airman 1st Class Alexis Shaffer, 31st Armament maintenance member. “With having such a small shop, it can be difficult at times, but the amount of maintenance that we can push out for AME is very important because if we don't do our job, then people get hurt.”
Over the course of the last 3 months, the shop has been able to complete 10 perfect gun system evaluations in a row, garnering 2 QA honor roll awards while overcoming low manning due to TDYs and parental leave within the section.
“Our gun system inspection is very tedious,” said Shaffer.