Maintainers Keep the Mission Flying Day and Night

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jesse Lookingglass, a KC-135 maintainer with the 379th Expeditionary Air Maintenance Squadron, holds a flashlight while Airman 1st Class Nick Lukacsina, a fellow maintainer, refills fluids on a KC-135 turbine on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. Personal protective equipment is worn when maintaining fluids on any aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Constantine Bambakidis)

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Maintainers Keep the Mission Flying Day and Night

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nick Lukacsina, a KC-135 maintainer with the 379th Expeditionary Air Maintenance Squadron, drags tire chalks to a KC-135’s rear landing gear on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. Tire chalks help stabilize the aircraft once it’s parked on the ramp. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Constantine Bambakidis)

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Maintainers Keep the Mission Flying Day and Night

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Kinder, a KC-135 maintainer with the 379th Expeditionary Air Maintenance Squadron, secures a protective cover to a sensor on a KC-135 on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. Aircraft maintainers operate constantly to support missions at any time of day. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Constantine Bambakidis)

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Maintainers Keep the Mission Flying Day and Night

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jesse Lookingglass, a KC-135 maintainer with the 379th Expeditionary Air Maintenance Squadron, guides an aircraft into a parking spot on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. After landing, the aircraft taxis to it’s spot on the ramp, where any required maintenance is performed. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Constantine Bambakidis)

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Maintainers Keep the Mission Flying Day and Night

Published Aug. 4, 2022
By Airman 1st Class Constantine Bambakidis

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar --

KC-135 maintainers with the 379th Expeditionary Air Maintenance Squadron performed post-flight maintenance on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1, 2022. After landing, the aircraft taxis to it’s spot on the ramp, where any required maintenance is performed.