In the grand scheme of things Senior Airman Owen Monaghan, a flying crew chief with the 378th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, only read a 101 word paragraph buried in a 48,527 word, 106 page Air Force technical manual. From those words however, the simple metal box he designed, both increased the efficiency of all fuels specialists stationed at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and increased the U.S. Ninth Air Force’s (AFCENT) readiness and capabilities in its area of responsibility.
