Clear Filters | 1 - 5 of 5 results

Working hands

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaceb Brammer, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, picks up a maintenance tool to make a repair, on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2018. The sheet metal repair conducted at the 13th MXS, took approximately four months to complete in comparison to the 10 months it would have taken if sent to the state-side depot at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for repair. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks)
Details Download

Concentrated on construction

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles White, a 35th Maintenance Squadron sheet metal shop aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, maintains an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2018. In one month’s time, the three-man team removed seven major construction components, three skins, two ribs and cut out a total longeron which maintains the structural rigidity of the airframe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks)
Details Download

Working up a sweat

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaceb Brammer, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2018. Without this repair, the aircraft would’ve been decommissioned indefinitely until the state-side depot allocated a slot in the next fiscal year. The restoration not only required outside-the-box thinking, but high levels of maintenance competency and skill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks)
Details Download

Sheet metal repair

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordon Jones, left, Staff Sgt. Charles White, center, both aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, and Senior Airman Jaceb Brammer, right, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, all with the 35th Maintenance Squadron, inspect an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2018. The team discovered corrosion on the lower skin of the aircraft, making it inoperable until repair. Typically the repair would be performed by either depot-level maintainers or contractors, however, the F-16 System Program Office at Hill Air Force Base approved Misawa Airmen to rectify the issue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks)
Details Download

Making a smile while maintaining

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordon Jones, a 35th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, smiles while repairing the sheet metal of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2018. The team discovered corrosion on the lower skin of the aircraft, making it inoperable until repair. Typically the repair would be performed by either depot-level maintainers or contractors, however, the F-16 System Program Office at Hill Air Force Base approved Misawa Airmen to rectify the issue. (U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Collette Brooks)
Details Download