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QA making sure it’s done right

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Shiflett, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group KC-10 Extender quality assurance inspector, reviews a written evaluation at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2019. QA shops consists of Airmen from different maintenance backgrounds such as crew chiefs and avionics specialists. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)
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Combat Metals: 'The Modern Day Blacksmiths'

The 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron combat metals flight took photos of the initial patchwork on a C-130 that was involved in a bird strike at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, early Feb. 2019. The combat metals flight worked a total of 144 hours on this project, and cut the ground time of the aircraft by roughly three weeks. (Coutesy Photo)
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AGE Airmen keep ground equipment rolling

Airman 1st Class Annaliz Rodriguez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment (AGE) journeyman, reviews technical orders for clarification on performing maintenance for a bomb lift Jan. 4, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AGE Airmen here perform maintenance on a variety of aircraft equipment including bomb lifts, hydraulic test stands, air conditioners, heaters and power carts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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AGE Airmen keep ground equipment rolling

Airman 1st Class Annaliz Rodriguez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment (AGE) journeyman, fixes a leak found during routine maintenance for a bomb lift Jan. 4, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AGE Airmen here perform maintenance on a variety of aircraft equipment including bomb lifts, hydraulic test stands, air conditioners, heaters and power carts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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AGE Airmen keep ground equipment rolling

Airman 1st Class Annaliz Rodriguez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment (AGE) journeyman, fixes a leak found during routine maintenance for a bomb lift Jan. 4, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AGE Airmen here perform maintenance on a variety of aircraft equipment including bomb lifts, hydraulic test stands, air conditioners, heaters and power carts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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AGE Airmen keep ground equipment rolling

Airman 1st Class Annaliz Rodriguez, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment (AGE) journeyman, fixes a leak found during routine maintenance for a bomb lift Jan. 4, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AGE Airmen here perform maintenance on a variety of aircraft equipment including bomb lifts, hydraulic test stands, air conditioners, heaters and power carts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, and Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, complete routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, stands in front of a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, conducts routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, review technical orders while conducting routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, mentors Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, while conducting routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Ries was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Heyward Francisco, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain’s assistant, and Staff Sgt. Tomas Velez-Ojeda, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions flight crew chief, carry the tail kit of a GBU-54, a 500-pound Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition, during a job shadow event at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2018. In just two months, the munitions flight has successfully built 301 munition systems that have been dropped in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Groessler, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions flight production supervisor, checks the alignment of the bomb strake on a GBU-54, a 500-pound Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2018. AMMO troops are not only responsible for building bombs, but also for accountability, serviceability, storage, munitions command and control, maintenance, equipment maintenance, line delivery and precision guided munitions maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions flight teach 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen how to build bombs during a job shadow event at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2018. When bombs are required for a mission, AMMO troops inspect and assemble them in an assembly-line setting, ensuring each step is followed closely for accuracy and safety purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Amy Luer, 8th Headquarters and Headquarter Company Medical Brigade combat stress director, learns how to secure a fuze while U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Heyward Francisco, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain’s assistant, holds the GBU-54 bomb in place during a job shadow event at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2018. AMMO Airmen put their lives into each other’s hands on a daily basis while working with explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sarah Mountain, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing staff judge advocate, is taught how to tighten the nose plug on a GBU-54, a 500-pound Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition, during a job shadow event at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2018. Each section within AMMO must work in unison to decrease the potential for human error. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

Crew members assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port operations unload explosives from a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2018. The aerial port operations team can move thousands of pounds of explosives at one time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

A crew member assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port operations operates a forklift to move explosives at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2018. A general rule of thumb when dealing with munitions is to have the least amount of people in the vicinity as possible to decrease the potential impact of an explosive incident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

Crew members assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port operations unload explosives from a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2018. The aerial port operations team is mostly contractors, with a vast majority of them being prior military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

Crew members assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port operations unload explosives from a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2018. The aerial port operations team is certified in explosive handling, which must be renewed annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois)
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