Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Bryan Blumenkrantz, 35th Maintenance Squardon aerospace-propulsion journeyman, removes saftey pins from an F110-GE-129 engine March 3, 2009. Airman Blumenkrantz, a staff sergeant select, was also recently accepted to officer training school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Bryan Blumenkrantz, 35th Maintenance Squardon aerospace-propulsion journeyman, removes saftey pins from an F110-GE-129 engine March 3, 2009. Safety pins installed during shipping were removed before the engine was tested. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Jared Langston, 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace-propulsion technician, prepares test cell gear March 3, 2009. Attention to detail is imperative during testing, and close to a dozen operations checks are performed on the engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Sean Boose, 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace-propulsion apprentice, installs pins onto a test cell gear March 3, 2009. Airman Boose has been at Misawa for almost eight months and has worked at the test cell for about three months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airmen Jared Langston and Bryan Blumenkrantz, both of the 35th Maintenance Squadron propulsion flight, prepare to attach a jet engine bellmouth to an F110-GE-129 engine March 3, 2009. The bellmouth is equipped with sensors that helped the engine track and determine air temperature and air pressure during tests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Bryan Blumenkrantz, 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace-propulsion journeyman, prepares to attach a jet engine bellmouth to an F110-GE-129 engine March 3, 2009. The bellmouth was equipped with sensors that helped the engine track and determine air temperature and air pressure during tests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Bryan Blumenkrantz and Airman 1st Class Sean Boose, both of the 35 Maintenance Squadron propulsion flight, prepare an F110-GE-129 engine for operations checks March 3, 2009. The engine was turned over to the propulsion flight due to a cracked compressor blade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Maintenance Squadron test cell, or hush house, provides a testing area for an F110-GE-129 engine March 4, 2009. Because of the engine's proven safety track record and heritage of high reliability, the F110-GE-129 has been chosen to power more than 75 percent of the U.S. Air Force's single engine F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Maintenance Squadron test cell, or hush house, provides a testing area for an F110-GE-129 engine March 4, 2009. Once kicked into full gear, the engine produced about 29,000 pounds of thrust and burned more than 2,000 gallons of fuel during testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Propulsion flight keeps engine fit to fight

Published March 8, 2009