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Handle with care

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Graham Newman, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, operates an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. Personnel work together with reconnaissance robots to help locate, disarm and remove improvised explosive devices. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for people and handle potential explosives without risking any lives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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On the move

Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team use an F6A robot to approach a simulated improvised explosive device at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for the EOD team and handles potential explosives to minimize risk for EOD members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Take control

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Graham Newman, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, operates a bomb disposal robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robot is equipped with several television cameras for remote viewing and a dexterous arm for hazardous tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Prepare to neutralize

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyrone Powell, left, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman and Airman 1st Class Derik Rosse, right, a 35th CES EOD apprentice, inspect an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. Personnel work together with reconnaissance robots to help locate, disarm and remove improvised explosive devices. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for the EOD team and handle potential explosives to minimize risk to the EOD members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Detect, disarm and protect

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Connally, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, walks to a training site in a bomb suit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The bomb suit contains plates that protect EOD members from any shrapnel if an improvised explosive device were to detonate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Suit up

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Connally, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, receives help putting on a bomb suit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The bomb suit contains heavy body armor made to withstand the pressure that might be caused by a bomb explosion and any debris it might produce. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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EOD at it again

U.S. Airmen with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspect an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robot helps EOD Airmen dispose of potential explosives without putting human life at risk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Load the hub

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Derrick Redmer, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technician, puts a hub on a piece of equipment after a wheel and bearing inspection at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2020. The AGE flight ensures all equipment meets the proper standards before the equipment is utilized on the flightline. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Work in AGE

A 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment Airmen conducts maintenance on equipment at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2020. The AGE flight is responsible for more than 500 pieces of equipment they must maintain and repair to ensure the F-16 Fighting Falcons are ready for flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Wash the MULE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Valera Trofimovich, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment journeyman, washes a multifunction utility/logistics and equipment vehicle at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 25, 2020. From inspecting and troubleshooting to making hands-on repairs and maintaining proper standards, AGE personnel play an essential role in making sure the F-16 Fighting Falcons are ready for flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and six F-16 Fighting Falcons from Misawa Air Base, Japan, conduct bilateral joint training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2's off the coast of Northern Japan, Feb. 4, 2020. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly conduct combined theater security cooperation engagements with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Bulow-Gonterman)
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35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and six F-16 Fighting Falcons from Misawa Air Base, Japan, conduct bilateral joint training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2's off the coast of Northern Japan, Feb. 4, 2020. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly conduct combined theater security cooperation engagements with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Bulow-Gonterman)
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35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. and six F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan conducted bilateral joint training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 off the coast of Northern Japan. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly conduct combined theater security cooperation engagements with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Bulow-Gonterman)
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35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. and six F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan conducted bilateral joint training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 off the coast of Northern Japan Feb. 4, 2020. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly conduct combined theater security cooperation engagements with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Bulow-Gonterman)
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1,700 steps, no fails

An M61A1 Vulcan gun system sits on a table for inspection at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2020. A quality verification inspection is a weeklong process consisting of 1,700 steps. Out of the 1,700 steps, it takes either three minor or one major discrepancy to fail an inspection. The back shop received no failures when it came to the quality verification inspections in 2019, which is a wing for the 35th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Safety comes first

Airman 1st Class Lauren Buchholz, a 35th Maintenance Squadron armament maintenance member, applies lubricant to an M61A1 Vulcan gun system barrel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2020. The almasol syntemp lubricant is used to prevent corrosion and overheating of the barrel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Time for inspection

Staff Sgt. Dylan Rutkowski, a 35th Maintenance Squadron armament maintenance supervisor, inspects a chute of an M61A1 Vulcan gun system at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2020. A defect in the chute could cause a malfunction affecting the round travelling through the chute. The Airmen achieved zero fails through calendar year 2019 on 33 straight gun systems, each system containing 29 major components, 903 maintenance steps and 247 inspection tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Go weapons

Airmen assigned to the 35th Maintenance Squadron armament back shop pauses for a photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2020. The armament back shop ensures the lethality and reliability of the F-16 Fighting Falcon weapon systems by maintaining various alternate mission equipment and the M61A1 Vulcan gun system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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CFK set up

Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing set up a communication flyaway kit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 29, 2020. The CFK provides Non-secure Internet Protocol Router, Secure Internet Protocol Router and Voice Over Secure Internet Protocol capability within 30 minutes during emergency and contingency operations. The concept behind Multi-Domain Airman training is to to utilize Agile Combat Employment tactics, techniques and procedures in support of ACE operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Tent build up

Airmen from the 35th Fighter Wing set up an Alaskan shelter system at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 29, 2020. More than 25 Airmen from the 35th Operations support squadron, 35th Logistics Readiness squadron, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, 35th Force Support Squadron and 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron teamed up to enhance their readiness by participating in the first Multi-Domain Airman training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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