Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, conducts a pre-flight check on a KC-135 Stratotanker, July 9, 2022. Schwinler checked the boom operations radio and control panel functionality while laying down in a pit located in the tail of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

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Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, looks through a window to see hand signals from a teammate while he conducts a pre-flight check from the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker, July 9, 2022. Schwinler has been working KC-135 maintenance for 14 years and been in the maintenance field for 36 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

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Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, conducts a pre-flight check on a KC-135, July 9, 2022. Schwinler worked during this process to test the functionality of cockpit controls both inside and outside of the Aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

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Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, reattaches a canister, used for fire suppression, back to the wall of a KC-135 Stratotanker, July 9, 2022. Schwinler conducted a pre-flight check to ensure safety of the aircraft prior to it being used for a flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

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Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group (pictured left), Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, conducts a pre-flight check with and a fellow maintainer Airman First Class William Upchurch, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, on a KC-135 Stratotanker, July 9, 2022. Schwinler performed an inspection of a control panel with the assistance of Upchurch using an IPAD to work through a digital checklist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

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Maintenance group commander conducts KC-135 Stratotanker pre-flight check

Published July 15, 2022
By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte

U.S. Air Force Col. Randy D. Schwinler, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group (pictured left), Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, conducted a pre-flight check with a fellow maintainer Airman First Class William Upchurch, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, on a KC-135 Stratotanker, July 9, 2022. Schwinler performed an inspection of a control panel with the assistance of Upchurch using an IPAD to work through a digital checklist.