What is the air force equivalent of an army quartermaster?

Answer 1

Parachute Rigger. United States Air Force parachute riggers are trained at Sheppard AFB, Texas. The career field is classified under "Aircrew Flight Equipment" . Airmen attend a 3½-month course learning to inspect, pack, and repair emergency parachutes, as well as a wide variety of other types of aircrew equipment. Once graduated from this technical school, students are assigned to a duty location where they are further instructed using on the job training.USAF aerial delivery riggers (2T2X1) packed training airdrop loads for airlift units in peacetime; wartime airdrop missions would be rigged by Army riggers. In recent years, uniformed Air Force riggers have been replaced by contract civilian employees since the mission does not require deployment overseas, and instead consists of supporting training missions at home station.

In mid-2009, the Air Force's 98th Virtual Uniform Board announced "Airmen earning and awarded the Army Parachute Riggers badge are authorized permanent wear on all uniform combinations. For the airman battle uniform and the battle dress uniform, the badge will be blue. On the desert combat uniform the approved color is brown." Previous guidance had limited the wear of the badge to airmen attached to Army rigger units.