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  • The 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron combat metals flight pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 20, 2019. This group worked around the clock to get the parts manufactured, put the wing put back together, with the ultimate goal to get the aircraft back to mission ready as fast as they could.

    Combat metals: 'The Modern Day Blacksmiths'

    While there are a lot of precautionary measures in place to prevent bird strikes and other aircraft incidents, they are not one-hundred percent preventable. When these incidents occur, there’s a small group of Airmen who are called upon to do patchwork to get the aircraft back to base, and to fix the damage as quickly as possible to mitigate ground time for the aircraft. These Airmen and what they do is not completely well known. But, their impact on the flying mission is felt across the maintenance world.
  • 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)

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

    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
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