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The 20th EMS AGE Airmen maintain approximately 500 pieces of equipment used on the flightline to troubleshoot jets. They work on the F-16’s engines and air compressors as well as the equipment to fix them, such as generators and bomb lifts.
“We do everything from scheduled inspections to (fixing) whatever breaks on the jet, so we also do engine changes as well as other maintenance on the jet,” said Tech. Sgt. Carson Padgett, 20th EMS AGE craftsman. “We don’t out-source any of our maintenance. We do everything from electrical troubleshooting to mechanical repair.”
Certain troubleshooting can be done in place on the flightline rather than in the shop, so the 20th FW tactical aircraft maintainers may borrow a generator from the AGE shop and hook it up to a malfunctioning jet.
AGE Airmen perform inspections on flightline equipment every six months to ensure all the tools are working properly, so they can repair what needs to be fixed and get the jet back in the air.
“We upkeep all the equipment that is used out on the flightline to service aircraft, to access points on the aircraft that maintainers can’t get to,” said Airman 1st Class Jacob Grant, 20th EMS AGE technician.
By maintaining and repairing the equipment necessary to fix Team Shaw’s F-16s, AGE Airmen ensure the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses mission is accomplished, ensuring aircraft are ready to succeed in future contingencies as well as effectively and appropriately react to any threat, anytime, anywhere.
| Date Taken: | 02.06.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 02.06.2018 15:42 |
| Story ID: | 264969 |
| Location: | SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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