Photo by Staff Sgt. Paolo Felicitas | 446th Airlift Wing (AFRC) | 09.23.2021
Tech. Sgt. Brian Rien, an air reserve technician and crew chief assigned to the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals out a C-17 Globemaster III on Sept. 23, 2021, in Joint Base Lewis-McChord Washington. Crew chiefs, formally known as tactical aircraft maintainers, are generalists who coordinate the aircraft’s care and call in specialists when they find a problem. U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hull | 446th Airlift Wing (AFRC) | 08.09.2017
Crew chiefs and jet engine mechanics finish repairs on a C-17 Globemaster III engine thrust reverser Aug. 8, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord during Exercise Mobility Guardian. More than 650 international military personnel and 3,000 U.S. military service members have partnered together during the exercise to test the abilities of Mobility Air Forces to execute rapid global mobility missions......