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Tag: aircraft structural maintenance

Senior Airman Jacob Adams, 24th Fighter Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance craftsman, prepares his workspace prior to riveting training in the ASM shop at U.S. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas on Dec. 14, 2021. The mission of the 301st Fighter Wing is to train and deploy combat ready Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Randall Moose)

Dec. 17, 2021

301 FW fabrication flight manufactures the mission to keep F-16s combat ready

NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 301st Fighter Wing website — Much like a car, military aircraft require regular maintenance, including replacing worn out or damaged parts. Airmen from the 24th Fighter Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance team monitor aircraft and fabricate the necessary parts themselves.

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.