Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, purges his tank of liquid oxygen before recharging a C-130 Hercules September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft, providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepares to recharge a C-130 Hercules with liquid oxygen September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft, providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, recharges a C-130 Hercules with liquid oxygen September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, puts on his personal protective equipment prior to working with liquid oxygen September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft, providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Staff Sgt. Jordan Hale, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, inspects the movement of a C-130 Hercules rudder which controls the aircraft yaw as part of his daily maintenance to ensure the aircraft is safe to fly September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Hale is deployed out of 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Staff Sgt. Eugene Wilson and Master Sgt. Daniel Gothe, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, remove the bolts of a C-130 Hercules engine panel to make internal inspections September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Wilson and Gothe are deployed members of the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Senior Airman Jacob Elensky and Senior Airman Ryan Patrick, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, close the bay doors of a C-130 Hercules after completing their portion of inspections September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Elensky and Patrick are deployed members of the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, recharges a C-130 Hercules with liquid oxygen September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft, providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit communicate with each other and follow their technical orders to ensure that the C-130 Hercules is in flying condition after their inspection and maintenance September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Staff Sgt. Eugene Wilson, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, checks the movement of a C-130 Hercules propeller during a routine maintenance inspection September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Wilson is deployed out of 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Senior Airman Matthew Krzywiecki, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, monitors the pressure of liquid oxygen being recharged into a C-130 Hercules September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU cryogenics airmen work with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen that is recharged into aircraft, providing aircrews with pure oxygen at altitude during missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Krzywiecki is a deployed member from the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Senior Airman Ryan Patrick, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, tests the lamination of each gauge inside the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules during a routine maintenance inspection September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Patrick is a deployed member of the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

Published Sept. 11, 2015
By Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR --

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit follow technical orders to ensure that the C-130 Hercules is in flying condition after their inspection and maintenance September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen are responsible for ensuring aircraft are maintained to exact standards to support Operation Inherent Resolve.