The Air Force sent five C-130s and four C-17s to airlift more than 145,000 pounds of food, medical supplies, heaters, vehicle parts and office supplies for relief efforts in Pakistan from Dec. 9-16. As of December 16, the USAF has airlifted more than 10 million pounds of relief supplies to the region affected by the October earthquake.
Today’s armament maintainers are tasked with performing flightline (O-Level) maintenance with an assortment of legacy test sets that greatly limit the ability to quickly and efficiently verify armament system readiness, diagnose failures, and ultimately return the aircraft to full mission...