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Maintenance team keeps F-16s airworthy

By 455 AEW Public Affairs Office, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing / Published March 11, 2016

Senior Airman Joseph Lonneman, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, works to remove a leading edge flap on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. Lonneman worked with several other crew chiefs to check for corrosion and complete an 8000-hour rotary actuator time change during a phase inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
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Senior Airman Joseph Lonneman, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, works to remove a leading edge flap on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. Lonneman worked with several other crew chiefs to check for corrosion and complete an 8000-hour rotary actuator time change during a phase inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Airman John Ellis, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, works to remove a retaining pin from a leading edge flap on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during a phase inspection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. Ellis worked with several other crew chiefs to check for corrosion and complete an 8000-hour rotary actuator time change. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
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Airman John Ellis, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, works to remove a retaining pin from a leading edge flap on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during a phase inspection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. Ellis worked with several other crew chiefs to check for corrosion and complete an 8000-hour rotary actuator time change. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Tech. Sgt. Greggory Myers, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs a 400-hour phase inspection of landing gear on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. The 455th EAMXS ensures aircraft are prepared for flight and return them to a mission-ready state once they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
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Tech. Sgt. Greggory Myers, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs a 400-hour phase inspection of landing gear on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2016. The 455th EAMXS ensures aircraft are prepared for flight and return them to a mission-ready state once they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron phase inspection team and fabrication flight work on an F-16 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24. The 455th EAMXS ensures aircraft are prepared for flight and return them to a mission-ready state once they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
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Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron phase inspection team and fabrication flight work on an F-16 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 24. The 455th EAMXS ensures aircraft are prepared for flight and return them to a mission-ready state once they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --

388th Fighter Wing maintainers are working with their Reserve counterparts to support F-16 operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Deployed maintainers checked for corrosion on aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and completed an 8,000-hour rotary actuator time change during a scheduled inspection.

 

The Airmen are deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

 

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