Viper maintainers ensure combat-ready aircraft

Master Sgt. Jim Anderson, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes and replaces a jet fuel starter on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Airman 1st Class Frank Lopez, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, collects his equipment after filling the liquid oxygen tank on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 06, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Staff Sgt. Eve Dorshorst, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, cleans the canopy of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 06, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Staff Sgt. Eve Dorshorst, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, documents completed maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 06, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Master Sgt. Jim Anderson, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, removes and replaces a jet fuel starter on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron departs on a sortie from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. Airmen assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, known as the “Black Widows,” from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, support both Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO’s Resolute Support mission.(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Tech. Sgt. Ritchie Videna and Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree (right), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technicians, perform a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Tech. Sgt. Ritchie Videna (cockpit) and Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree (right), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technicians, perform a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Tech. Sgt. Ritchie Videna (cockpit) and Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree (right), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technicians, perform a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)

Staff Sgt. Matthew Crabtree, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics systems technician, performs a chaff and flare operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2016. The 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)