Owens, Eric, SSgt

Aircraft Maintenance
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
45214M-Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance
Primary Unit
1983-1985, 72nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
70250-Administrative Specialist
70251-Postal Specialist
45254F-Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
45254Z-Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
43151-Jet Aircraft Mechanic
Service Years
1979 - 1985
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Enlisted srcset=
Staff Sergeant

 Official Badges 

US Air Force Honorable Discharge US Air Force Honorable Discharge (Old Style)


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Rifle Association (NRA)Air Force Together We ServedAir Force Memorial (AFM)AFSA 1461
  2011, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  2014, Air Force Together We Served
  2015, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page
  2015, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA), AFSA 1461 (Executive Officer) (McCord AFB, Washington) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA                                                                                                                      May 1, 2017 to Present
Present

Reservations Agent
Assist traveling guests with existing reservations. Help guests with booking new reservations. Provide assistance with changing existing reservations. Help military memebers traveling TDY or PCS.

Starbucks, Seattle, WA                                                                                                                  August 12, 2014 - May 20 2015
Production Support Analyst Level III
Level III technical support for new installation of computer hardware, drive thru timer, video, and Starbucks Cloud access to Google NOC Level III managed switch support for Google high speed in stores, software and telephony systems, including software activation. Ensuring all LAN and WAN cabling and all Point of Sale (POS) hardware and software are fully functional and delivered prior to opening dates of new stores and remodel sites. Plans and maintains schedules, procedures, training materials and tracking methods for new store and remodel store activities. I post articles to Oracle Knowledge Center Portal when needed.

Univar, Redmond WA
March 24, 2014 - June 27, 2014
Contract IT Specialist
Deployment technician tasked with upgrading Windows XP machines to Windows 7 Professional. Imaging hard drives using Microsoft MDT. Maintaining deployment tickets and assets in the service-now help desk ticketing software. Repurpose old computers with reimaged drives. Decommission old laptops and desktops. Setup and deployed client cloud services  and assisted users with data transfers.
Key Initiatives and Achievements:

  • Used Ghost to image 350 laptops and desktops with Windows 7 Pro. Install software on models E5430 and E7010.Deploy Dell OptiPlex Desktops with Windows 7 Pro.


City of Kent, WA
July 11, 2013 - February 28, 2014

Contract IT Specialist

Deployment technician tasked with upgrading Windows XP machines to Windows 7 Professional. Installation of Wyse P25 zero client machines. Maintain deployment tickets and assets in the web help desk ticketing software. Repurpose old computers with reimaged drives. Deploy and install ShoreTel model 230 IP phones using Shoreware Director. Decommission old hard drives and repurpose old machines.

Key Initiatives and Achievements:

  • Used Ghost to image 125 hard drives with Windows 7 Pro using Aleratec Drive Imaging Server.
  • Deploy 125 HP 8300 Desktops with Windows 7 Pro.
  • Deploy around 80 to 90 Wyse P25 Zero Client machines.
  • Upgrade Windows XP machines to Windows 7 Pro and decommission old hard drives.

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  4 Airmen Remembered
  • Neff, Phillip, Sgt
  • Poole, Ronald, Airman, (1978-1982)

  1979-1983, 70250, Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Material Command (AFMC)

Sergeant
From Month/Year
September / 1979
To Month/Year
July / 1983
Unit
Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
AFSC/MOS
70250-Administrative Specialist
Base, Station or City
Dayton
State/Country
Ohio
   
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 Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Material Command (AFMC) Details

Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Material Command (AFMC)
Type
Garrison - Other Types
 
Parent Unit
Air Force Material Command (AFMC)
Strength
Center
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 1, 2022
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Bill MacIntosh - wish I could connect with him. Haven't talked with him since I left Wright Patterson AFB in 1983. Don't have the money to spend to find him.

Best Moment
When I was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in Feburary 1982

   

Worst Moment
When my daughter Annie was born, we weren't sure if she would make it.

Chain of Command
AFSC, ASD, TAC, 4456 AGS, 72 AMU

   

Other Memories
I remember the first time the Space Shuttle landed via piggyback on a 747 at Wright Patterson AFB. I was working at the Aeronautical Systems Division in 1980 when Mt. St. Helens blew. I was working the C-17 Source Selection Program when the then President Reagan was shot.

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
Wright Patterson AFB Flightline Ramp
36 Members Also There at Same Time
Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC)

Cassada, Stephen, SMSgt, (1982-2011) 702 70250A Senior Airman
Miller, Edward, Lt Col, (1975-2001) 653 6534 Major
Uecker, Michael, Lt Col, (1967-1994) 63 63AX Major
Hawkins, Tom, Capt, (1963-1983) 792 7924 Captain
Hess, Bruce, SMSgt, (1955-2003) 3H 3H0X1 Senior Master Sergeant
Francis, Carlton, Capt, (1999-1999) 671 67170 Technical Sergeant
AFMC Inspector General

Huene, Thomas, CMSgt, (1960-1991) 672 67290 Chief Master Sergeant
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)

Magill, John, Lt Col, (1968-1988) 04 0046 Lieutenant Colonel
Martin, Terrence, Capt, (1965-1990) Captain
Air Force Material Command (AFMC)

Ford, Ronald, SMSgt, (1983-2005) 702 70299 Senior Airman
Booker, Alan, Col, (1973-2005) 64 64PX Colonel
Lavoie, Robert, Col, (1955-1983) 158 1581C Colonel
Walker, Earl, Lt Col, (1981-2004) 410 41 Lieutenant Colonel
Kalsow, Dan, CCM, (1982-2010) 1P 1P0X1 Command Chief Master Sergeant
Floto, Dennis, CMSgt, (1968-2001) 3P 3P0X1 Chief Master Sergeant
Gardner, Debra, CMSgt, (1973-1997) 3A 3A0X1 Chief Master Sergeant
Adams, Sharon, SMSgt, (1974-1997) 3A 3A0X1 Senior Master Sergeant
Woolard, Wayne, SMSgt, (1969-2013) 672 67273 Senior Master Sergeant
Alman, Andrew, MSgt, (1973-1993) 2W 2W0X1 Master Sergeant
Britton, Joe, SMSgt, (1970-1996) 811 81172A Technical Sergeant
Ludwig, Jacob ( Jake ), MSgt, (1967-1987) 462 46270 Technical Sergeant
McEwin, Gary, SSgt, (1982-1992) 454 45450A Senior Airman
McEwin, Gary, SSgt, (1982-1992) 454 45450A Senior Airman
Matthews, Fauanaude, A1C, (1982-1983) 640 64030 Airman 1st Class
Sebolka, James, Lt Col, (1962-1991) 261 Lieutenant Colonel
MacRall, Ron, Maj, (1976-2002) 281 Major
Campbell, William, SMSgt, (1958-1981) 350 Senior Master Sergeant
Temperley, Russell Edwin, Lt Col, (1957-1986) Lieutenant Colonel
Floto, Dennis, CMSgt, (1968-2001) Chief Master Sergeant
Air Force Standard Systems Group (AFMCSSG)

Cole, Steve, SMSgt, (1966-1987) 392 Senior Master Sergeant
Headquarters

Sledge, James, Col, (1966-1992) 604 6044 Colonel
Mellenthin, Steve, Lt Col, (1968-2002) 2A 2A3X0 Lieutenant Colonel
Duncan, MICHAEL, TSgt, (1983-2003) 3C 3C0X1 Technician 5th Grade
Bailey, Bill, SMSgt, (1976-2002) Senior Master Sergeant
HQ Space and Missile System Center (SMC)

Lewis, Edwin, Lt Col, (1965-1986) 63 63AX Lieutenant Colonel
Prater, Oral, Capt, (1976-1987) 651 6516 Captain
VonPlinsky, Michael, Capt, (1977-1981) 284 2845A Captain
Grove, George, SMSgt, (1959-1982) 648 64890 Senior Master Sergeant

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