AET2 Zoltan J. Peter of the C-27 Asset Project Office (APO) has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Chief Oliver F. Berry Aviation Maintenance Award. Demonstrating exceptional leadership, superb technical expertise and professionalism, he played a key role in the C-27 APO’s Engineering Division and the entire C-27J fleet.

AET2 Peter played a critical role in completing the regeneration of the last 3 aircraft from deep storage at the Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Group (AMARG), an unsupervised duty that is reserved for the most senior and experienced maintainers.

AET2 Peter was relied upon to develop and implement numerous repairs with very little to no Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) assistance. He designed and built a fuel quantity test set, capable of testing individual probes and he was a key member of the team that designed and built a system for troubleshooting the HC-27J de-icing boot system. Each test kit has expedited the troubleshooting process, saved the service countless maintenance repair hours, improved operational reliability of the C-27J fleet and his build plans are being requested by other external C-27J users. His troubleshooting of the C-27J Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) down to the Fuel Control Unit, pointed out a critical discrepancy in the OEM fault isolation guide, resulting in the manufacturer changing the ohmic value called out for in the APU Fuel Control Servo. His efforts to be creative, take ownership, and be a leader, directly enabled the Coast Guard and the APO to successfully transition its first C-27J Air Station six months ahead of schedule while also supporting APO missions. AET2 Peter truly exemplifies the same innovative technical knowledge that Oliver F. Berry used when faced with modernizing the Coast Guard’s aviation assets.