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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Overby, Crewchief, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), greases a bearing can for an E in wheel assembly. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level intenance for three fighter squadrons supporting the 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Comnd and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments. Responsibilities include intenance of aerospace ground equipment, structural repair, fabrication, corrosion prevention, aircraft inspection and crash recovery, as well as providing contract oversight for the transient...

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Jessica Oviedo (right), John Overby (center), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Peter Tolar, Crewchiefs, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), work on E main wheel assemblies at the wheel/tire shop. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting the 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments. Responsibilities include maintenance of aerospace ground equipment, structural repair, fabrication, corrosion prevention, aircraft...

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Jessica Oviedo (right), and John Overby, Crewchiefs, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), removes a C main wheel assembly from the bead breaking machine. Breaking the bead unseats the tire from the wheel. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting the 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments. Responsibilities include maintenance of aerospace ground equipment, structural repair, fabrication, corrosion prevention,...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Francis Leonard, Aircraft Ground Equipment Apprentice, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), prepares a piece of equipment for priming by sanding it down to bare metal. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments

US Air Force Brigadier General Terry Gabreski, Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Installations and Logistics, listens as US Air Force AIRMAN Kyle D. Richardson of the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Royal Air Force, Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Survival Equipment shop, describes the many pieces of life support equipment that maintenance, inspections, and other procedures are performed on, in order to support the 48 Fighter Wings mission. BGEN Gabreski is Team CHIEF for the Daedalian Trophy Team which recognizes the maintenance unit in the Air Force that has best met the objective of providing safe, serviceable, and available equipment for sustained use in peacetime, and wartime

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Delmonte, Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), prepares a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft from the 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) for a new paint job. A new paint job will help keep the metals on the jet from being damaged by corrosive materials. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments

US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) John T. Brennan, left, 48th Fighter Wing (FW) commander, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom, presents the guidon of the re-designated 48th Mission Support Group (MSG) to US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Donald M. Palandech, 48th MSG Commander, during the 48th Fighter Wing's transformation into a new combat wing organization

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (SGT) Edward Choate (left), Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge (NCOIC), 48th Component Repair Squadron, gives USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) John Brennan (center), Commander, 48th Fighter Wing (FW) and USAF Major General (MGEN) Kenneth Hess, Commander, 3rd Air Force Commander, a tour of the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) facility during MGEN Hesss visit to the 48th FW, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Victor Cannon, Base Intrusion Security Systems Apprentice, 48th Communication Squadron (CS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), de-solders electronic components to salvage parts for use in other equipment. The 48th CS provides the 48th FW with command, control, communications, computer and information systems support at home base and while deployed

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Overby, Crewchief, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), torques a nut on an E main wheel assembly. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level for three fighter squadrons supporting the 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments. Responsibilities include of aerospace ground equipment, structural repair, fabrication, corrosion prevention, aircraft inspection and crash recovery, as well as providing contract oversight for the transient...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Overby, Crewchief, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), torques a nut on an E main wheel assembly. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting the 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments. Responsibilities include maintenance of aerospace ground equipment, structural repair, fabrication, corrosion prevention, aircraft inspection and crash recovery, as well as providing contract oversight for the transient maintenance function.

Base: RAF Lakenheath

State: Suffolk

Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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