Mending a Wounded Wing [Image 12 of 12]

(UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)

10.05.2008

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette 

379th Air Expeditionary Wing

Tech. Sgt. Shaun Carroll and Airman 1st Class Gary Saari assist Tech. Sgt. Donald Brogan in removing a B-1 Lancer flap from the flap carriage Oct. 5, 2008. The crew, all assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is pulling the flaps in order to trouble shoot a flap lock-up problem at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1 is often called upon to deliver precision weapons in support of ground troops engaged in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Brogan, a native of Saint Charles, Mo., Sergeant Carroll, hailing from Charleston, S.C., and Airman Saari, originally from Las Vegas, Nev., are all deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.

• Date Taken: 10.05.2008
• Date Posted: 10.09.2008 03:14
• Photo ID: 120990
• VIRIN: 081005-F-5774B-019
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 1.69 MB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)