Thursdays with the Chief: Meet Senior Airman Ryan White

by Senior Airman Shannon Hall
7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

8/14/2014 - DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ryan White, 7th Component Maintenance Squadron support technician, shadowed the 7th Bomb Wing command chief as part of the "Thursdays with Chief" program.

The program helps Airmen understand the big Air Force picture and allows them behind closed doors to experience first-hand the work put in by command chiefs.

Senior Airman White, a native of Baltimore, Md., has been stationed at Dyess for three and a half years, working as an aerospace propulsion journeyman.

White spent an entire day shadowing Chief Master Sgt. Eddie Webb, 7th Bomb Wing command chief, attending a wing staff meeting, luncheons and sitting in on various meetings.

"It was very enlightening to spend my day with Chief Webb," White said. "He inspired me to better understand how all the base counterparts form together to oversee and maintain our war fighting capability."

Airmen selected for this program are chosen based on their outstanding achievements.

White recently volunteered at the Taylor-Jones Humane Society, donating his personal time to help others by relocating two storage sheds for an annual yard sale. In his primary job, he restored his sister flight's tool tracking system, which prevented manual input of over 6,000 tool inspections, and was named Airman of the Month for December 2012 within his squadron.

"Even with all that I have accomplished I still have a ways to go," White said. "I would like to make at least one permanent improvement to more efficiently accomplish the 7th Bomb Wing mission."