Senior Airman Jacob Heston, 7th Component Maintenance Squadron avionics journeyman, validates parts on a transmitter at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 8, 2018. From the innovations that earned the avionics flight the 2017 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award, they were able to increase their production rates by 50 percent, as well as save the Air Force approximately $11.8 million. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kylee Thomas)