LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --
Job title and unit: 87th Flying Training Squadron, assistant director of operations
Why she XLed: Perkins was the 47th Flying Training Wing's main point of contact for the Feds Feed Families Campaign. He organized four group representatives and 31 squadron volunteers who helped collect more than 10,000 pounds of non-perishable items for a local food pantry. He displayed great time management while volunteering 30 hours, taking on four runway supervisory unit tours and flying 32 hours during 28 sorties. He also flew nine sorties in one week, to include three student pilot check rides and mentored a Civil Air Patrol student to pass a transitional evaluation.