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Tinker B-1 team assesses damage at Diego Garcia

Members of the B-1 team traveled to Diego Garcia to review repair/restoration progress on B-1 aircraft 86-0132. A May 8, 2006 gear-up landing caused extensive damage to the aircraft.

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Wrecked B-1B at Diego Garcia

Col Hall (B-1 System Program Manager), Luke Burke (B-1 Chief Engineer), and Al Maeder (B-1 Engineering Supervisor) traveled to Diego Garcia (actually on-site 10-12 Jan ’07) to review repair/restoration progress on B-1 aircraft 86-0132. They met with OC-ALC 76th MXW, B-1 SPM Engineering (555 ACSS/GFEA), Boeing, B-1 field (Dyess AFB TX), and 654 CLSS personnel who are actively engaged in the recovery effort. The team also hand carried and delivered tools and materials that were urgently needed by the on-site team. While there, the travelers observed as power was applied to the aircraft for the first time since the May 8, 2006 gear-up landing that caused extensive damage to the aircraft.

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YA-7D engine test run

YA-7D with F100-PW-220 engine test run; http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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A-7 in depot in Bldg 3001, ca early 1980s

A-7 in depot in Bldg 3001, ca early 1980s; http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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A-7 depot maintenance line, ca early 1980s

A-7 depot maintenance line, ca early 1980s; http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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YA-7F Test Pilot

YA-7F with chief test pilot, Jim Read, LTV Aircraft Products Group http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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A-7D in depot maintenance, ca 1980-1982

A-7D in depot maintenance, ca 1980-1982; http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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A-7 OCAMA Banner

A-7 Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area Banner; http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3201

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B-26

B-26 and AT-7 at Tinker Field

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UAV pilot

Capt. Jeremy Fortier, 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron, poses in front of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system after he completed training to pilot the UAV. A navigator by trade, he is one of the first eight non-pilots to earn Remote Pilot Vehicle pilot wings. (Air Force photo)

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11th KC-10

The first KC-10 aircraft was brought to Tinker last year after Federal Aviation Administration officials made Tinker an FAA-approved repair station. Eleven aircraft later, mechanics and paint crews of the 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron keep leaning their processes, cutting flow days by half for paint personnel, according to Shelvie Tabb, paint deputy section chief. Tinker officials put a critical eye to a finished KC-10 during an executive-level inspection before approving the aircraft to return home this week . While aircraft cleaners depainted and painted the exterior and massive internal cargo area, mechanics thoroughly inspected the exterior and interior, fixing or replacing as needed to get the aircraft back in rotation. (Air Force photos by Margo Wright)

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B-52 night moves

Illuminated only by hangar lights at Tinker and the Boeing-operated Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Technology Center across Douglas Boulevard, a B-52 is moved in pre-dawn hours to the MROTC for further maintenance. Walking wing tip with the aircraft to ensure a safe transition is Antonio Stevenson, a member of Tinker’s 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (Air Force photo by Margo Wright)

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Down in the desert

The C-130 that crashed in the Iraqi desert on June 7, 2008, ended up getting demolished, marking the first time in history a C-130 had been destroyed by controlled detonation in combat. (Army photo)

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Crew chief connectivity

(TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla) Flight Sergeant Steven Webb, one of the No. 8 Squadron maintainers deployed from Royal Air Force Waddington, United Kingdom, with the British E-3D Sentry, stays in contact with the flight deck during the pre-flight inspections before take-off. Members of the E-3D Sentry squadron conducted a liaison visit to the 552nd Air Control Wing to open the doors for future mission training and partnership.(Photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler)

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E-3D taxis in

(TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla) An Airman from the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conducts post-flight inspections on an E-3B/C Sentry aircraft as its cousin from across the Atlantic - the British E-3D Sentry - taxis to its parking space. Members of the No. 8 Squadron from Royal Air Force Waddington, United Kingdom, conducted a liaison visit to the 552nd Air Control Wing from April 10-17 to open the doors for future mission training and partnership.(Photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler)

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