2/27/2007 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNEWS) -- Instructors from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron expanded their training responsibilities in mid-February to teach aircraft battle damage repair to five members from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Aircraft battle damage repair, or ABDR, training teaches techniques that help maintainers repair aircraft quickly and return them to the fight, said Tech. Sgt. Glen Weaver, a training instructor for the ABDR program here. Most of the repair techniques focus on damage that occurs in battle. However, maintainers can apply repair techniques to aircraft damaged in other situations, such as crash landings.