Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Airman 1st Class Bryant Vides-Perlera, crew chief assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, moves a wheeled fire extinguisher after an RQ-4 Global Hawk preflight maintenance check on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. Crew chief responsibilities include assisting with the launch and recovery of an aircraft, diagnosing and solving maintenance issues, and performing......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Airman 1st Class Trenton Binkley, crew chief assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, places chocks beneath an RQ-4 Global Hawk on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. The aircraft, with a wingspan of 130.9 feet and weighing just under 15,000 pounds, performs Grand Forks AFB’s primary mission of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Airman Joseph Ebright, a crew chief assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands behind an RQ-4 Global Hawk during a weight check on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. The aircraft is weighed before and after it is refueled as part of regular preflight maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elora J. McCutcheon)...
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Crew chiefs assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform an intake and exhaust inspection on an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. Crew chiefs are certified annually on their ability to perform certain tasks, to include towing the aircraft, running the engine and performing intake and exhaust inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Staff Sgt. Austin Taylor, left, and Senior Airman Esther Kim, assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron as avionics specialists, prepare to perform preflight checks on an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. The computers are used to enter flight codes for the unmanned aircraft, which relies on the uploaded information and remote pilots for a......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
Airmen assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work together to perform regular preflight maintenance for an RQ-4 Global Hawk on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.22.2020
An RQ-4 Global Hawk awaits preflight maintenance on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020, The 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works around the clock to support the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission at the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, ensuring the RQ-4 is in the sky when needed to provide a broad spectrum of ISR collection capability to support joint combatant......
Photo by Senior Airman Elora McCutcheon | Grand Forks Air Force Base | 09.21.2020
Senior Airman Esther Kim, left, Staff Sgt. Austin Taylor, center, and Airman Raymond Harrison, assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron as avionics specialists, work together to perform electrical preflight checks on an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 22, 2020. Avionics specialists work alongside crew chiefs with the 319 AMXS to refuel a Global Hawk and......
