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Tech Sergeant Colin Stratton , a fuel

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laboratory specialist with the 96

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Logistics Readiness squadron , took

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things to the next level by creating

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the single point nozzle adapter , also

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known as the SN adapter . This

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innovative product removes 2/3 of the

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time and steps required to take a fuel

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sample from multiple fuel sources such

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as trucks and mobile fueling stations .

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It also removes almost any chance of

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direct exposure from spillage or spray

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of the hazardous chemicals that make up

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the fuel .

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The way I originally came up with the

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idea is I was doing these fuel samples

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that take an extremely long time to

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complete . And I had over 60 pieces of

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equipment that I had to do this on . I

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realized that there had to be a faster

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way to do these samples , so I went

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into one of our work sheds that has a

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bunch of extra adapters and pieces of

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equipment and tried to put something

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together to where I could pull a sample

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off of a fuel truck or fuel's equipment

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in general without taking it apart and

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I realized that it didn't exist . I

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came up with some measurements and took

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it over to the metals tech shop and

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they put together a prototype for us

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and I put that on the back of a fuel

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nozzle and realized that it's the

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perfect piece of equipment to reduce

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all the steps that we were currently

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doing .

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Seeing the single point adapter in

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action has definitely opened our eyes

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to how we can find even the smallest

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ways to reduce lengthy processes .

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We're able to take this adapter and

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plug it in line with commercial

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refueling sources to where we can

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actually take the commercial fuel and

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advertise it to a military spec fuel ,

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and we can test that fuel at the skin

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of the aircraft much faster by allowing

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us that extra 25 or so minutes by each

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fuel servicing . We can put an aircraft

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or aircrafts in the air that much

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faster .