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Excerpted Website: Snip: The airline plans to eliminate 993 out of 5,150 maintenance jobs in Tulsa. In 2010, the airline closed a Kansas City, Mo., maintenance facility that it acquired in the 2001 purchase of bankrupt TWA. Separately, the union for American Airlines flight attendants said 901 of its members have signed up to get payments of $40,000 apiece for quitting their jobs at the financially troubled company so far.

Iraqi Army mechanics participate in a class on the Humvee fuel system at Camp Ali, July 16. Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Latty, 2nd Marine Logistic Group. CAMP RAMADI — One Marine has come a long way since beginning a maintenance partnership here in February with the Iraqi Army and Military Transition Team 9999. Staff Sgt. Donald L. Marsh, a platoon sergeant with Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), teaches bi-weekly maintenance classes with in-depth classroom instruction followed by practical application on everything from the fuel system to the electrical system of a Humvee."Marsh has...

BASRA, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2009 – Looking ahead to the future of Iraq, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division in Iraq is transitioning much of its focus to ensuring the infrastructure built is sustainable and far outlasts the U.S. presence. Iraqi government technicians and generator operators in Basra, Iraq, attend a Jan. 25-28, 2009, course to learn about proper use of personal protective equipment, first aid for electrical shock, logbook entries, preventive maintenance and generator operations. U.S. Army photo by A. Al Bahrani  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. To help Iraqi technicians and generator operators...