Sept. 22, 2017 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
May 31, 2017 Hill AFB Airmen generate 3,000th F-35A sortie, adopt upgraded ALIS The 3,000th F-35A Lighting II sortie departed Hill Air Force Base generated by maintainers from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve’s 419th FW May 22, 2017.
Jan. 27, 2017 JB Charleston maintainers earn 3rd consecutive Daedalian Tophy C-17 Globemaster III maintainers of the 437th and 315th Maintenance Groups at Joint Base Charleston have once again demonstrated that they are the cream of the crop after earning the 2016 Clements McMullen Daedalian Trophy for the third consecutive year.
Nov. 10, 2016 Maintainers: The driving force The Profession of Arms Center of Excellence released a new video Nov. 10, as part of the Heritage Today series.
Nov. 1, 2016 Airmen keep F-35s flying After a discovery of faulty insulation on coolant lines caused a temporary flight restriction for 10 F-35A Lightning IIs at Hill Air Force Base, the repaired jets are beginning to fly again.
Oct. 12, 2016 Maintainers' ingenuity saves AF money, time Nowhere in the 439th Airlift Wing’s mission statement does it say anything about Yankee ingenuity, but it should because when Westover Air Reserve Base maintainers recently needed a part for a C-5A Galaxy, they made it themselves.Members of the 439th Maintenance Squadron discovered they needed an
Sept. 28, 2015 Global Hawk maintainers deliver ISR capability to warfighters The maintainers, assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, are responsible for maintaining and ensuring the RQ-4 Global Hawk is able to deliver round-the-clock intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and communication support to ground forces and aerial platforms
June 13, 2015 Maintenance key to combat airpower mission Maintainers deployed to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing from their home station at Aviano Air Base, Italy, are always at work maintaining a squadron of combat-ready F-16 Fighting Falcons.
April 20, 2015 Periodic inspection: Just what the ‘tanker doc’ ordered For more than 40 years, KC-135 Stratotankers have been flying over the sunflower state, and just like any other crew member, they need their "check-ups" too. Keeping the 60-year-old planes up-to-date and safe to fly takes more than a simple check-up; it takes a team of tanker "docs" ensuring each
Feb. 25, 2015 Quality assurance: Making sure it’s done right Have you ever watched a movie, or professional wrestling, and find yourself rooting for the villain at the end?Around the flightline, there’s a group of ‘bad guys’ that represent their career field’s most knowledgeable maintainers and make up the office known as quality assurance.
Jan. 21, 2015 Maintainers electrify environments through timely inspections When taking an automobile in for preventative or restorative maintenance, trust is generally put in the hands of a specialist. The same can be said for the aircraft that grace the flight line of Ramstein Air Base.
Oct. 6, 2014 ‘Quest for Zero’ debuts with focus on risk management Air Force Ground Safety introduces the ‘Quest for Zero’ campaign to focus on risk management and on-duty safety.The campaign is designed for every Airman, in all career fields, to raise awareness of the hazards they face every day, at work and at home.
Oct. 2, 2014 Under pressure: Crew chiefs take mission in stride Tools clang and the clock ticks as time narrows, several pairs of grease-stained boots can be seen darting back and forth beneath a lifeless fighter jet as Airmen work relentlessly to repair their bird for flight.
Oct. 1, 2014 For Dyess maintainers, little shop pays big dividends For most maintainers, the answer to a broken part is easy: replace the part, continue the mission. For the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program shop, the broken part is the mission. AFREP Airmen are responsible for repairing especially costly pieces of equipment or equipment essential to the
June 14, 2014 DOD, AF leaders look to F-35 maintainers for help The Pentagon will continue to seek aircraft maintainer suggestions and industry partner investments to reduce operating and sustainment costs by 10 to 20 percent as F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter improvements develop, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics