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  • Photos: Hydraulics Airman assembles F-16 brake

    Airman 1st Class Wesley De Leon, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic systems journeyman, adjusts an F-16 Fighting Falcon brake Aug. 17, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Luke AFB supply sends broken or worn equipment to the hydraulics flight where it is fixed and sent back to

  • Egress specialists maintain escape systems

    LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – As a last-resort to escape a catastrophic emergency, pilots trust an aircraft’s ejection system to carry them safely from danger. While the equipment does the physical work, pilots’ lives are in the hands of maintenance Airmen.