Not-so-static display
Not-so-static display
Rise and shine
Home at last
Maintaining radars
Preventative maintenance
Weather reports
Weather reports
Deployed medics save Iraqi child
NDI technicians ensure aviation safety
NDI technicians ensure aviation safety
NDI technicians ensure aviation safety
McConnell firefighter saves eight lives
A perfect fit
A perfect fit
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Jason Wood watches an F-15 Eagle being positioned onto its stand. The aircraft became the first static display to sit outside the main gate here. It was towed across base and down about one mile of a busy highway. With help from the local police department, the highway was shut down for less than an hour for towing of the aircraft. Sergeant Wood was the lift supervisor for the hoisting and is assigned to the 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown) Download Full ImageELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-15 Eagle is hoisted onto its stand where it became the first static display to sit outside the main gate here. The aircraft was towed across base and down about one mile of a busy highway. With help from the local police department, the highway was shut down for less than an hour for towing of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Garret Hothan) Download Full ImageMIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- The sun rises behind a C-130J at the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing at Harrisburg International Airport here Oct. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matt Schwartz) Download Full ImageEIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The first O/A-10 Thunderbolt ll from the 355th Fighter Squadron lands here recently for the first time in six months. The A-10's are returning after a six-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The 355th Fighter Squadron's primary missions now include air strike control, close air support, target interdiction, joint air attack team, combat escort, and combat search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang) Download Full ImageORCUTT, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Christopher Garret inserts an azimuth stow pen into the next generation weather radar located on New Love Hill here. Airman Garret is a ground radar systems maintenance technician assigned to the 30th Space Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Haas) Download Full ImageORCUTT, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Erik Voyles (left) reviews work cards with Airman 1st Class Christopher Garret before performing preventative maintenance inspections on the next generation weather radar located on New Love Hill here. Both Airmen are ground radar systems maintenance technicians assigned to the 30th Space Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Haas) Download Full ImageORCUTT, Calif. -- Airmen 1st Class Eric Hanes (left) and Janina Kowalski make adjustments to the azimuth housing on the next generation weather radar located on New Love Hill here. Proper maintenance of the NEXRAD provides accurate data of the weather in the local area. Both Airmen are ground radar systems maintenance technicians assigned to the 30th Space Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Haas) Download Full ImageORCUTT, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Janina Kowalski takes test measurements on the next generation weather radar with an oscilloscope located on New Love Hill here. The technicians use an O-Scope to measure pulse widths. Airman Kowlaski is a ground radar systems maintenance technician assigned to the 30th Space Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Haas) Download Full ImageTALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capts. Robert Hayes and Jeannette Ward monitor 8-year-old Nahida under the watchful eyes of her father, Nafl Radi. The young Iraqi girl was bitten by a venomous snake and treated at the medical facilities here. The Airmen are nurses with the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bare) Download Full ImageYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Roland Hernandez checks a C-130 Hercules landing gear here. He is looking for cracks and hairline fractures on the component. Sergeant Hernandez is a nondestructive inspection technician assigned to the 374th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) Download Full ImageYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Roland Hernandez checks a C-130 Hercules landing gear here. He is looking for cracks and hairline fractures on the component. Sergeant Hernandez is a nondestructive inspection technician assigned to the 374th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) Download Full ImageYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Master Sgt. Bobby Fruge conducts a magnetic particle inspection on a C-130 Hercules wheel sleeve here. He is using oil mixed with fluorescent magnetic particles and an ultraviolet lamp to find cracks on the component. Sergeant Fruge is a nondestructive inspection technician assigned to the 374th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) Download Full ImageMCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Bradford Voorhees continues his rescue mission on and off duty. A firefighter here for more than four years, Mr. Voorhees was the first on scene when a van drove off a highway and then rolled over twice, injuring five children and three adults. He is assigned to the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Angelique Smythe) Download Full ImageSHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Airman 1st Class Carolyn Jennings drills holes for spikes used to stabilize the Mobile Aircraft Arresting System here. She is assigned to the 27th Civil Engineer Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb) Download Full ImageSHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Airman Brandon Cordle (foreground) and Senior Airman Christopher Pruett assemble a turnbuckle that will be used for stabilizing a Mobile Aircraft Arresting System here. Airman Cordle is assigned to the 1st Civil Engineer Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Airman Pruett is assigned to the 27th CES at Cannon AFB, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb) Download Full Image | 
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