U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chad Paulson, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, replaces wires from an A-10C Thunderbolt joystick at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. AFREP saved $2.2 million in equipment last year and $980,000 this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tim Haxton, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Enhancement Program technician, applies a protective coating on an HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons system circuit card at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. Repairs by AFREP technicians have saved the Air Force close to $980,000 this year. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tim Haxton, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Enhancement Program technician, cleans and repairs a circuit card for an HH-60G Pave Hawk electrical unit in the AFREP workshop at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. The AFREP program consists of skilled technicians from each Moody airframe who work together to improve cost-efficient repairing capabilities for the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Quentez Frazier, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, disposes of equipment in a drop-off point for un-repairable damaged equipment at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. AFREP aims to repair government equipment that would otherwise be replaced. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chad Paulson, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technician, pulls and measures cable off a spool from an operating stock at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. Paulson is one of five technicians at Moody who work within the AFREP, and give damaged equipment one last shot at being recovered to prevent costly replacements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kenneth Wilkey, 23d Maintenance Group Air Force Repair Enhancement Program (AFREP) manager, reviews forms of equipment that will be made available on the 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Repurposing SharePoint site at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., July 17, 2013. The AFREP seeks to increase the capabilities to recover, repair and reuse government equipment to financially assist the Air Force during budget cuts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eileen Meier/Released)

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Repairing before replacing saves AF money

Published July 22, 2013