Yokota airmen improve gas mask with 3D printer, potentially saving Air Force $8 million or more
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By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: June 7, 2018
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Tokyo-based airmen used a 3D printer and American ingenuity to modify a standard-issue gas mask into an aircraft oxygen system, potentially saving millions of dollars and improving aircrew safety.
The idea of hooking up the M-50 joint-service, general-purpose mask to an aircraft was hatched during brainstorming sessions by airmen from Yokota’s 374th Maintenance Squadron and 374th Operations Support Squadron.
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