NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. Air Force training wing in Texas will receive maintenance and operations support from L-3 Corp. under a $53 million contract.
The award to L-3's Systems Field Support division from the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command runs for five years.
"L-3 SFS is proud to continue our tradition of providing the U.S. Air Force with exceptional quality and customer service in support of its mission-critical flight training program," said Ed Gloviak, president of L-3 Systems Field Support.
Under the contract, L-3 will support AETC's 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, with maintenance and operations support of aircraft trainers, ground instructional training aircraft, civil engineering trainers, PMEL, munitions storage areas, aerospace ground equipment and associated support equipment.
L-3 said its SFS operating unit in Madison, Miss., has been providing trainer and equipment maintenance services at Sheppard AFB for more than 20 years.
L-3 SFS maintains more than 13,000 training devices and pieces of support equipment there, including A-10, B-52, C-130, C-135, F-15, F-16, H-53, T-38 and RQ-1L aircraft, as well as historical static displays.
