WICHITA FALL, TX – Air Force Airman Matt R. Kennedy has graduated from the Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice (turboprop/shaft) Course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas.

The course is designed to train students in the removal, disassembly, inspection, and repair of aircraft turboprop and turboshaft engines with hydraulically operated propellers, controls, and accessories; also, received instruction in operating principles, engine change, adjustments and conditioning of turboprop and turboshaft engine systems, including electrical and ground safety practices and equipment fundamentals, and use of technical publications and proper documentation of maintenance forms.

Kennedy, a turboprop and shaft mechanic apprentice, is assigned to the 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz.

He is the son of Jacinda L. Frannisch of Kelseyville.

The airman is a 2007 graduate of Kelseyville High School.