Aircraft maintainers behind every takeoff

Staff Sgt. Trevor Glass and Airman Joseph Boik, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit armament systems specialists, secure a Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Maintainers prepare aircraft for flight during routine training events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Christian Vasser, 8th Maintenance Squadron line delivery augmentee, and Senior Airman Travis Shields, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit line delivery crew chief, secure chaff and flares at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Chaff is used as a self-defense mechanism by distracting radar-guided missiles with tiny aluminum fibers, while flares are a countermeasure to adversaries’ infrared surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Fariq Islam, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons armament systems specialist, opens an aircraft hangar door on the flight line at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Aircraft hangars are hardened structures designed to protect Airmen and aircraft from extreme weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Staff Sgt. Trevor Glass, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit armament systems specialist, climbs out of an F-16 Fighting Falcon canopy at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Maintenance Airmen perform pre- and post-flight inspections on aircraft, allowing them to use the cockpit and operate aerospace ground equipment to ensure the aircraft is mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Christopher Ryan-Shull, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, uses a speed handle to tighten bolts on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. The F-16 is a highly maneuverable, multi-role fighter aircraft that has proven itself in both air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Travis Shields, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit line delivery crew chief, instructs Senior Airman Christian Vasser, 8th Maintenance Squadron line delivery augmentee, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Line delivery Airmen transport chaff and flares to F-16 Fighting Falcons ready for flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Master Sgt. Benjamin Mullins, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit production superintendent, observes maintenance operations at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Production superintendents, also known as ‘pro sups’, act as focal points in monitoring direct maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Staff Sgt. Trevor Glass and Senior Airman Fariq Islam, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons armament systems specialists, prepare to mount a Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Maintainers prepare aircraft for flight during routine training events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Staff Sgt. Robert Marston, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, secures a liquid oxygen converter at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. LOX is pressurized and cooled into a liquid state in order to transport it more efficiently from cryogenic tanks to aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Christopher Ryan-Shull, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, walks into a hangar on the flight line at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Crew chiefs are the first line of maintenance with aircraft before and after flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Senior Airman Fariq Islam, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons armament systems specialist, tightens bolts on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Armament systems, or AMMO, Airmen belong to the 8th Maintenance Squadron, and are responsible for servicing all electrical and mechanical parts of the F-16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Airman Joseph Boik, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit armament systems specialist, tightens bolts on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Armament systems, or AMMO, Airmen belong to the 8th Maintenance Squadron and are responsible for servicing all electrical and mechanical parts of the F-16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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Aircraft maintainers behind every takeoff

Published Aug. 25, 2020
By Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby
8th Fight Wing Public Affairs

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Staff Sgt. Trevor Glass and Airman Joseph Boik, 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit armament systems specialists, secure a Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2020. Maintainers prepare aircraft for flight during routine training events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)