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Staff Sgt. Zachary Rodewig, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-5 Galaxy crew chief, pulls a maintenance platform up to a C-5 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017. Rodewig and other 721st AMXS Airmen marshalled the plane to its spot, chocked the wheels, plugged it into a generator, checked tire pressure, refilled oil, and refueled the plane. The 721st AMXS inspects, repairs, and services all C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 aircraft that come through Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)


Walk a mile in the boots of a maintainer

Staff Sgt. Zachary Rodewig, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-5 Galaxy crew chief, pulls a maintenance platform up to a C-5 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017. Rodewig and other 721st AMXS Airmen marshalled the plane to its spot, chocked the wheels, plugged it into a generator, checked tire pressure, refilled oil, and refueled the plane. The 721st AMXS inspects, repairs, and services all C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 aircraft that come through Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)

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Col. John Klein, Jr., 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, asks a question during the 2017 Spring Phoenix Rally at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 28. During Phoenix Rally, AMC leaders discussed a range of total force issues to include squadron revitalization, strengthening joint leaders and teams, pilot shortage, and the demand of mobility air force capability worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Lenhardt)
Dr. Joe Leverett, Pat Gallagher and Janet Cowley answer questions during a civic leader panel as part of Phoenix Rally at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 28, 2017. The civic leader panel emphasized the role civic leaders and honorary commanders play in their respective communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Lenhardt)
Dr. Joe Leverett, Pat Gallagher and Janet Cowley answer questions during a civic leader panel as part of Phoenix Rally at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 28, 2017. The civic leader panel emphasized the role civic leaders and honorary commanders play in their respective communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Lenhardt)
The Abilene Trophy is presented to the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce during a presentation at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 28, 2017. The Abilene Trophy is awarded by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee to the AMC community that is most supportive of its local Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Lenhardt)
Senior Airman Earl Shelton, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance technician, marshals a C-5M Super Galaxy into place at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017. After it was in place, 721st AMXS Airmen chocked the wheels, plugged it into a generator, checked tire pressure, refilled oil, and refueled the aircraft. On average, the 721st AMXS inspects, services, and repairs 30 aircraft in a single day, as part of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)
Senior Airman Earl Shelton, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance technician, marshals a C-5M Super Galaxy into place at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017. After it was in place, 721st AMXS Airmen chocked the wheels, plugged it into a generator, checked tire pressure, refilled oil, and refueled the aircraft. On average, the 721st AMXS inspects, services, and repairs 30 aircraft in a single day, as part of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)
Senior Airman Earl Shelton, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance technician, marshals a C-5M Super Galaxy into place at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 24, 2017. After it was in place, 721st AMXS Airmen chocked the wheels, plugged it into a generator, checked tire pressure, refilled oil, and refueled the aircraft. On average, the 721st AMXS inspects, services, and repairs 30 aircraft in a single day, as part of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh)
Staff Sgt. Isata Tucker, Fisher House manager on duty deployed to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, oversees day-to-day workflow of the facility at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Dec 12, 2016. Staff Sgt. Tucker survived a war in her former country of Sierra Leone, Africa, when she was a small child. Many years later, she recieved her U.S. citizenship on the day she graduataed from Basic Military Training in the Air Force in 2013. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Johnson)
The boom from a Tennessee Air National Guard’s KC-135 transfers fuel to one of Israel’s first F-35s as the aircraft make the flight across the Atlantic, Dec, 6, 2016. The F-35s were refueled multiple times while en route to ensure their safe delivery to Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony)
Two Israeli F-35 “Adirs” fly in formation and display the U.S. and Israeli flags after receiving fuel from a Tennessee Air National Guard KC-135, Dec, 6, 2016. The U.S. and Israel have a military relationship built on trust developed through decades of cooperation. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony)
A U.S. Airman assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Group operates a volumetric mixer during runway repair operations at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct.9, 2016. 1st ECEG has been tasked with repairing the runway after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) destroyed it by using heavy machinery and explosives to disrupt Coalition forces from gaining control in the area. A Coalition of regional and international nations have joined together to enable Iraqi forces to counter ISIL, reestablish Iraq’s borders and re-take lost terrain thereby restoring regional stability and security. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)
Friends and family of deployed unit members wave America flags as two C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi onto the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., July 8, 2014. About 40 182nd aircrew and maintainers returned home from a deployment to Southwest Asia. They participated in Operation Enduring Freedom while assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released)