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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Donald Obreiter, 97th Maintenance Squadron director and Doc maintenance director, prepares the engines for a flight in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. Obreiter has worked on Doc since 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Donald Obreiter, 97th Maintenance Squadron director and lead flight engineer on the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’, bears the patch of the Air Defense Command, the original command Doc was under, in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. In 1987, Doc was found in the Mojave Desert and restoration began in 2000. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Donald Obreiter, 97th Maintenance Squadron director and lead flight engineer on the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’, prepares the engines for a flight in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. Doc was originally built in 1944 in Wichita, Kansas where it was later assigned to radar calibration duty in July 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Donald Obreiter, 97th Maintenance Squadron director and lead flight engineer on the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’, poses with Doc in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. Obreiter has overseen the maintenance of Doc since 2012 and was part of the test flight crew the first time the restored aircraft took flight in 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

‘Doc’s Friends’, maintainers for the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’, wave the aircraft up to a hangar in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. Volunteers from the 97th Maintenance Squadron have assisted in Doc’s restoration and upkeep for more than a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Donald Obreiter, 97th Maintenance Squadron director and lead flight engineer on the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’, and Jon Birket, ‘Doc’s Friends’ team member, put tape down before painting the original 1952 markings on Doc in Wichita, Kansas, March 30, 2025. Doc is the only B-29 to have all its original markings restored. (Courtesy photo)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Robert Elliott, 97th Maintenance Squadron corrosion specialist, applies brand-new markings to the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ in Wichita, Kansas, March 2025. Robert and his wife, Michele, were asked to join the restoration team in December 2025 to paint the original markings on Doc, as they were in 1952. (Courtesy photo)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Michele Elliott, 97th Maintenance Squadron electronics integrated systems mechanic, admires the restoration work done on the B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ in Wichita, Kansas, March 2025. Michele and her husband, Robert, have spent more than half of their weekends in 2025 assisting in the final touches of Doc’s restoration. (Courtesy photo)
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Keeping History Alive: Altus A-Team volunteers to keep ‘Doc’ soaring

Steve Zimmerman, B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ aircraft commander, wears a Doc patch while briefing a tour in Wichita, Kansas, April 2, 2025. Maintainers and flight engineers who work on Doc have gained the nickname ‘Doc’s Friends.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed)
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Holloman conducts third iteration of Project Iron Agility

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sawyer Noland, 29th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant dedicated crew chief, left, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christian Osby, 29th AMXS dedicated crew chief, conduct a post-flight inspection on an MQ-9 Reaper at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 2, 2025. Project Iron Agility is a dynamic training exercise designed to sharpen Airmen's deployment readiness skills through agile operations featuring F-16 Fighting Falcons, MQ-9s, and integrated logistics support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michelle Ferrari)
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Holloman conducts third iteration of Project Iron Agility

Airmen with the 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and the 849th AMXS push an MQ-9 Reaper after deployment exercise Project Iron Agility at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 3, 2025. Aligned with the Agile Combat Employment concept, Project Iron Agility trains Airmen to operate under austere and evolving conditions, emphasizing quick decision-making and decentralized command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michelle Ferrari)
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March Doctrine Paragon: Operation BOLO

March Doctrine Paragon: Operation BOLO
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Maxwell and Gunter Airmen participate in various exercises in the Memorial Workout Initiative at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on March 28, 2025. The memorial workout alternates with a memorial ruck every other month, ensuring continuous opportunities for reflection and unity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward) (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
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Participants observe a moment of silence for fallen Airmen before the start of the Memorial Workout Initiative at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on March 28, 2025. The importance of the event goes beyond individual participation; every organization can learn from the stories of courage and dedication embodied by our fallen heroes.(U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
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U.S. Airman Tech. Sgt. Christopher Thomas, left, and Tech. Sgt. Fabion Hawthorne, right, both Air Force Life Cycle Management Center memorial workout initiative organizers, instruct participants before the start of the Memorial Workout at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on March 28, 2025. The importance of the event goes beyond individual participation; every organization can learn from the stories of courage and dedication embodied by our fallen heroes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
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Team Maxwell honors service members in monthly memorial workout initiative

Maxwell and Gunter Airmen participate in various exercises in the Memorial Workout Initiative at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on March 28, 2025. The importance of the event goes beyond individual participation; every organization can learn from the stories of courage and dedication embodied by our fallen heroes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
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Team XL sets record training numbers, celebrates with XL Day

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Vazquez Velez, 47th Aircrew Flight Equipment, lead trainer, inspects Airmens’ blues at Laughlin Air Force Base on March 28, 2025. 1,200 total force Airmen lined up on the flightline for their standards and readiness review blues inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harrison Sullivan)
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Team XL sets record training numbers, celebrates with XL Day

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. inspects an Airmen’s blues at Laughlin Air Force Base on March 28, 2025. 1,200 total force Airmen lined up on the flightline for their standards and readiness review blues inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harrison Sullivan)
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Team XL sets record training numbers, celebrates with XL Day

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Vastola, 47th Operations Support Squadron, director of operations, inspects Airmens’ blues at Laughlin Air Force Base on March 28, 2025. 1,200 total force Airmen lined up on the flightline for their standards and readiness review blues inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harrison Sullivan)
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Team XL sets record training numbers, celebrates with XL Day

The 47th Flying Training Wing poses for their wing photo at Laughlin Air Force Base on March 28, 2025. 1,200 total force Airmen lined up on the flightline for their wing photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Harrison Sullivan)
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