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February 05, 2015: Aerospace Space Facilities Group, Inc. delivered and installed two of its GEN-3 Abrasive Blast Cabinets to the Kansas Air Guard in Topeka Kansas. One cabinet will be utilized for aluminum parts and the other for steel parts. Both cabinets feature our Blast Shield Armor to protect the cabinet interior and the recovery cyclone.

December 29, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. introduces its very own "Blast Shield Armor" our state-of-the-art material is used to line our blast cabinets and the recovery cyclones to protect them from wear while using harsh abrasives such as Aluminum Oxide, Glass Beads, and steel shot. This material holds up 100 times longer than a traditional cabinet and cyclone rubber lining. Sound absorbing material can be added to reduce the noise level while blasting.

December 24, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. introduces its new Fan Nozzle for our GEN-3 Abrasive Blast Cabinet and our Walk-In Blast Rooms. These nozzles have a tungsten insert making them suitable for all media types. The fan pattern doubles the striping rate as opposed to traditional round nozzles. It also reduces the chances of creating hot spots on the material being blasted.

December 18, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. delivers to Hill AFB the first order of GEN-3 Abrasive Blast Cabinets. These cabinets are our Ergo models allowing the operator to sit at the cabinet while working. Not shown is the foot treadle and arm rest for the machine.

Also equipped with rolling carts and turn tables to allow the loading of heavy parts into the cabinet.

October 23, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. new abrasive blast pneumatic

recovery floor selector. This selector attaches to our abrasive blast media recovery floor

and selects each media floor tube one at a time to recover the spent media used in the

blasting process in our blast enclosures.

Selecting one recovery tube at a time ensures that you will receive full recovery and maintain

the proper airflow to convey the spent media.

Unlike our competitor selector that has over 10 moving parts and mechanical devices,

our recovery selector only has one moving part for each tube. This design eliminates all the

maintenance and leaking media associated with other designs.

This floor selector was tested 24 hours a day for 5-days with no issues or downtime.

This unit is on its way to the USAF in Qatar.

October 02, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a five-year

maintenance contract at Eglin AFB Florida for the preventive maintenance of the C-130

Paint Booth facilities.

September 26, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a five-year maintenance

contract at Nellis AFB for the preventive maintenance of the flight line aircraft sun shelters.

September 26, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to supply

and install two of our state-of-the-art GEN-3 abrasive blast cabinets to the Kansas Air Guard

in Topeka, Kansas

September 24, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to install a new compressed air system at Beale AFB for the corrosion shop.

September 24, 2014 Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to supply

two paint booths to the corrosion facility located at Andersen AFB Guam.

September 22, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to supply

the DLA at Hill AFB Utah with the AFG-GEN-3 Abrasive Blast Cabinets.

September 18, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to

replace the breathing air system including compressors and breathing air purifiers at Moody AFB Georgia.

August 23, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract at

Travis AFB California to replace the air make-up unit and install new digital controls

on the corrosion shop paint booths.

August 22, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract to

design, build and install a new state of the art temperature and humidity controlled

downdraft paint booth for the Missile Maintenance and Repair Facility at Hill AFB Utah.

August 01, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. is pleased to introduce Mr. John Kelly

to the engineering team at AFG. John comes to us with over 25 years of engineering

expertise along with project management. John will head up all new projects, technical design,

and prototyping within the AFG manufacturing facility.

May 28, 2014: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. (AFG) was awarded the contract to design,

build, and install two large paint booths and one large abrasive blast facility for the US Air

Force at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. AFG will engineer, fabricate, and install the new

equipment at Al Udeid Air Base to facilitate the maintenance of the fighter aircraft

and UAV's stationed there.

December 23, 2013: Corpus Christi Army Depot and Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. breaks ground for a new helicopter painting facility. Corpus Christi Army Depot, the core of Army aviation's maintenance, repair, and overhaul for helicopters, engines, and components, broke ground on a newly modernized helicopter facility that will house painting operations for Army helicopters, this December.

When complete, this $34.2 million Aircraft Corrosion Control Facility will meet the painting requirements for the Army's UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47D Chinook, and AH-64 Apache. It will also improve corrosion control and the working environment.

The Aircraft Corrosion Control Facility is part of the Military Construction Army program for the fiscal year 2013. Completion is scheduled for 2016, and will significantly increase the painting capacity for the organic industrial base at Corpus Christi Army Depot. The 77,765 sq. ft. building's six cleaning and paint bays will be large enough to accommodate the U.S. Army's newest and largest helicopters for the next several decades.

November 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. is pleased to introduce retired Senior

Master Sergeant Scott Pagenkopf, the newest member of the AFG team. Scott will be assuming

the role of director of engineered products for AFG.

Senior Master Sergeant Scott L. Pagenkopf was the Air Force Corrosion program

manager in the Air Force Corrosion Prevention and Control Office, Air Force Research

Laboratory at Robins Air Force Base Georgia. He was responsible for the corrosion

prevention and control policy and technical support to field units, aircraft, missile, and

aerospace ground equipment engineering program offices, and the Major Commands. SMSgt

Pagenkopf retired from active duty on 27 September 2013.

His previous assignment was as fabrication flight chief at Travis Air Force Base, California.

He was responsible for the management, supervision, and training of 136 military

and civilian personnel in three sections within the Fabrication Flight: Aircraft Structural

Maintenance, Aircraft Metals Technology, and the Nondestructive Inspection Laboratory.

The flight performed organizational and field-level aircraft maintenance, inspection, repair,

and parts manufacture, on-and-off equipment, for 18 C-5, 13 C-17, and 27 KC-10 aircraft,

and provided corrosion prevention and structural repair of 713 pieces of Aerospace

Ground Equipment.

September 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a five-year contract

to maintain the Hawaii Air Guard F-22 coating facility at Hickam AFB. This contract includes

maintaining the two F-22 paint booths, AMU's, compressed air systems,

breathing air systems, abrasive blast, and central vacuum systems.

July 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. is proud to announce the design and

manufacturing of its newest Abrasive Blast Cabinet the GEN-3. This abrasive blast cabinet

is state of the art. AFG took all it has learned from the other manufacturers’ cabinet problems

and developed an abrasive blast cabinet that meets the South Coast AQMD and ACGIH

requirements and worker ergonomics. This cabinet can be used for all types of abrasive media

such as plastic, starch, aluminum oxide, and glass bead.

June 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. moves into its new 20,000 square feet

manufacturing facility installing state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment including

CNC plasma cutters, CNC brake presses, rollers, paint booth, powder coating booth, abrasive

blast booth, and curing oven.

June 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. is contacted by LG International Defense

Division Seoul Korea to help them develop and implement the AFG HCS

(humidity control systems) for the South Korean Air Force.

May 2013: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract at Elmendorf

AFB to upgrade their abrasive blast room. The existing equipment was installed in

2008 and never worked properly since being installed. We replaced the blast generator,

storage hopper, and a cyclone separator with our own state-of-the-art blast equipment

and installed a new AFG Power Module dust collector.

October 2012: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract at Corpus

Christi Army Depot to design, build, and install six Helicopter Paint Booths in the new

DCRF facility. This contract includes a six-temperature and humidity-controlled paint

booth large enough for the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and Black Hawk UH-60 helicopters.

We are also installing an alodine booth and wash down booth.

September 2012: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc was awarded the contract

at Corpus Christi Army Depot to design, build, and install the new DCRF Helicopter

transmission painting facility. This project includes two temperature and humidity-controlled

paint booths, paint mixing rooms, drying rooms, touch up area, and a packaging area with

overhead trollies.

August 2012: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a contract by the Boeing

Company at San Antonio, Texas (old Kelly AFB) to decommission and dismantle the old

Pauli Systems abrasive blast system that was in place since 1995. The system was no longer

needed by Boeing and was removed to aid in the remodeling of the hangar for working on 747.

May 2012: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a contract at Little Rock Air

Force Base to upgrade their abrasive blast room and ventilation system. The current

system was installed back in 2004 and never worked properly. We removed all of the

ventilation ducting and old dust collector and reconfigured the blast room with new ducting,

dust collector, and controls for reclaim.

September 2011: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded a five-year contract at

Nellis AFB to maintain the F-22 maintenance facility hangar doors.

June 2011: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was awarded the contract at the F-22

coating facility to change out all the carbon filtration units in all four paint booths at

Elmendorf AFB Alaska.

January 2011: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. develops and manufactures the new Humidity

Control System (HCS) for the DE-humidification of fighter jets, cargo planes, and ground

equipment (AGE). This system reduces the amount of humidity within the aircraft and its

avionics to eliminate the corrosion problems associated with moisture and humidity.

For more information click on the Humidity Tab on the navigation bar

January 2011: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. develops and manufactures the new

Humidity Control System (HCS) for the DE-humidification of fighter jets, cargo planes,

and ground equipment (AGE). This system reduces the amount of humidity within the

aircraft and its avionics to eliminate the corrosion problems associated with moisture

and humidity. For more information click on the Humidity Tab on the navigation bar.

September 2010: Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc. was contracted by the United States

Air Force Headquarters PACAF (Pacific Air Command Hawaii) to conduct a business case

study (BCS) of all nine bases within PACAF control. This study was to bring the command

up to date on all of its corrosion control capabilities within the command and to assess the

condition of all equipment and condition of each facility. Aerospace Facilities Group, Inc,

was given high praise by General Brent Baker for a "job well done."