Safety Hero
Safety Hero
Tinker 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Post Dock mechanic John Dauria, front right, has all eyes on him for his role in extinguishing a B-1 fire April 11 during testing for a functional check flight. But Mr. Dauria won’t take the credit and insists he and his co-workers were a unified team to save the $283 million aircraft like the one pictured here. With him from left are Scott Mears, electrician; Craig Baumann, avionics; Kenneth Garland, electrician; Mr. Dauria and Jesse Lara, mechanic. On the team that day, but not pictured are Cliff Sneed, Mike Timmer and Steven Cosby. (Air Force photo by Margo Wright)