Photo by Airman 1st Class Destani Hill | 20th Fighter Wing | 07.22.2020
U.S. Airman performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Viper at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, July 22, 2020. During the launch process, teams of maintainers from five different career fields stand by ready to respond to any issue the jets have prior to takeoff. After the jets fly their mission and return to base, they are regenerated for the next scheduled sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Destani Hill | 20th Fighter Wing | 07.22.2020
A U.S. Airman performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Viper at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, July 22, 2020. The 55th Fighter Generation Squadron is one of three F-16 Viper squadrons stationed at Shaw AFB. The shooters execute an average of 90 sorties per week to support the training requirements of the 55th Fighter Squadron pilots so they can execute the mission. (U.S. Air......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Destani Hill | 20th Fighter Wing | 07.22.2020
Airman 1st Class Donald Brudnowski, 55th Fighter Generation Squadron (FGS) crew chief, performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Viper at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, July 22, 2020. The newly reorganized 55th FGS broke their own maintenance non-delivery (MND) record of 1757 sorties. MND’s are classified as a sortie that was cancelled due to maintenance not being able to deliver an......
