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Altus Airman named Aviation Management Airman of year

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  • By Senior Airman Garrett Cole
  • 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  Senior Airman Jillian R. Miranda, 97th Operations Support Squadron, is the AETC Aviation Management Airman for 2009.

A typical day for Airman Miranda consists of in-processing, briefing, building and maintaining flight crew records, and initiating student's aviation service ... all this before any student is qualified to begin training.

"Everything basically to do with flight crew ... it's our job to make sure that they are good to fly. We initiate all aviation services," she said. "The planes don't go up until we clear them to fly, they have to be physically and physiologically (cleared)."

This award is presented to those who excel through the MAJCOM level in their respective career field. Airman Miranda expressed her gratitude that all of her hard work paid off.

"For me it's important because it shows that all hard work and dedication because I do work very hard," she said.  I'm very passionate about what I do and it shows me that obviously I'm doing the right thing." 

Senior Airman Miranda performed 417 in-depth reviews of individual records, validating 19,180 points of critical aviation information. She authored a comprehensive continuity book detailing clear information for the Host Aviation Resource Management procedures reducing errors by 10 percent.

Airman Miranda is a native of Yuba City, Calif., and graduated from Marysville High School in Marysville, Calif. She is currently enrolled with the University of Phoenix, pursuing her bachelor of science degree.

For Airmen who aspire to receive the same appreciation, Airman Miranda offers heartfelt advice.

"In our career field it's kind of hard, because it is an admin job, it's hard for Airmen to see the big picture, I know it was for me when I first got in (sharing why it's difficult in admin)," she said. "Because we do sit behind a desk and we do work on the computers. So for me my big thing is getting to know exactly what the impact of our job. Because we do have a big impact because if we don't do our job the planes don't fly, the aircrew members don't get into the jet and without them getting into the jet there would be no Air Force."