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Tag: 3rd Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Barbahm, 3rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Adam Babcock, 3rd MXS aerospace propulsion apprentice, perform maintenance on a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 176th Wing during a home station check at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 27, 2018. The 3rd and 176th maintenance squadrons complete an in-depth, four-day scheduled inspection of a C-17 approximately every 180 days. A home station check is the behind-the-scenes maintenance that can prevent loss of life, lead to savings in time and money and keep the aircraft fit to fight.

April 4, 2018

3rd, 176th Maintenance Squadrons integration keep C-17s in the fight

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson website — Airmen of the 3rd and 176th maintenance squadrons combined their diverse skillsets to complete one common mission, the home-station check (HSC) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, the week of March 26, 2018.

Airman 1st Class Lukas Johnson is an aircraft structural maintenance technician with the 3rd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The Phoenix native works with sheet metal, carbon fiber and paint to maintain aircraft structures.

May 16, 2017

Aircraft structural maintenance Airman keeps aircraft safe

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson website — Instead of saving lives manually blowing up daisy-chained artillery rounds on the side of a road, Airman 1st Class Lukas Johnson said he is equally happy saving lives defusing potential structural problems that could cause a catastrophic failure in flight.