Aircraft Maintainers Shout out!!!!!!!!
05-17-2007, 07:28 PM
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Aircraft Maintainers Shout out!!!!!!!! Alright all you maintainers, shout out and make it known. I know AF personnel catch alot of heat for being lazy but I stick by the fact that the crew chief is the craziest and hardest working mechanic in the air force (fighter crew chiefs know this to be especially true). Though our job requires some long and intensive hours and a lot of bullsh*t we somehow get planes to fly safely. So let it be known who we are!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
05-17-2007, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LT Malice
<--- a toast to you.I'm a pilot and I break ****, alot. Over G's are my favorite. I know you guys bust your *** so I can look cool.
Crew chiefs got it crazy, all the respect to you all... I'm Egress though 
05-18-2007, 01:54 AM
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Crew Chief here...Prior F-16 maintainer, now on the F-117. I work Crash/Recovery, Repair and Reclamation. I do more in this back shop than the F/L does here. We do all the landing gear, all the rigs on everything, and canopies as well. Only thing i don't do is hydrualic components. Been here for 4 years. 16's for 5.
05-18-2007, 03:25 AM
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I am heavy maintenance on the civi planes you all fly on 
Father has been in 27 years 5 years active rest ANG. All Crew chief years, heavy bombers, to cargo, to attack, to fighters. Looks like he will get to at least 32 if everything goes to plan, all crew dog years.
The jets are the crew chiefs jets, its not the pilots jet untill he or she gets the salute. Then when it lands its the crew chiefs jet again.
The greatest compliment a pilot can give to his or her crew chief is to show he or she the respect they have earned.
"Sir, you CAN NOT, AND WILL NOT, take that on the airplane!" BWHAHAHAHA
Father has been in 27 years 5 years active rest ANG. All Crew chief years, heavy bombers, to cargo, to attack, to fighters. Looks like he will get to at least 32 if everything goes to plan, all crew dog years.
The jets are the crew chiefs jets, its not the pilots jet untill he or she gets the salute. Then when it lands its the crew chiefs jet again.
The greatest compliment a pilot can give to his or her crew chief is to show he or she the respect they have earned.
"Sir, you CAN NOT, AND WILL NOT, take that on the airplane!" BWHAHAHAHA
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Originally Posted by whiteLS1
FUEL SHOP and right now i work on 16's and A10's but i have worked on the 15's and 22's also.
What's that smell?--- Fuel CELL!!
Workin on the Herc's at Little Rock!
05-18-2007, 01:25 PM
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Weapons troop here. I have loaded the F-111, F-16, and A-10. The A-10 was by far the best aircraft I have loaded. IMO
Currently I work backshop B-1B's. (Maintain all the bomb racks.)
Currently I work backshop B-1B's. (Maintain all the bomb racks.)
05-18-2007, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by usafcrewchief01
Alright all you maintainers, shout out and make it known. I know AF personnel catch alot of heat for being lazy but I stick by the fact that the crew chief is the craziest and hardest working mechanic in the air force (fighter crew chiefs know this to be especially true). Though our job requires some long and intensive hours and a lot of bullsh*t we somehow get planes to fly safely. So let it be known who we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, just kidding sean
What's been going on in Goldsboro lately? Have you saw my primered Z running around a lot?
05-18-2007, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Nite_Hawk
I work Crash/Recovery, Repair and Reclamation. I do more in this back shop than the F/L does here. We do all the landing gear, all the rigs on everything, and canopies as well.
Except I work on the good ole "shake, rattle, and role!" The C-130 Hercules. We don't have to worry about the canopies, but you're one lucky man to have fly-by-wire. The cables in the c-130s are endless! I feel sorry for the c-5 guys.
Also, we're the wheel and tire shop too. Which really adds to it. Our bead breaker has been broken and we've had 15 main and nose wheels and tires stack up on us. With only two people in the shop, we've gotten them done in two days so we'll be ready in reinstall a couple of elevators and start the next iso phase that's coming in next week.
Never worked fighters, but I worked FL on the 130's for about 4 years and really enjoyed it. From there I went into the ISO dock and now I'm in the r&R shop.
Thanks for everybodies long hours sweating and freezing on the line!
05-18-2007, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by K99Raptor
AMEN to that!
Except I work on the good ole "shake, rattle, and role!" The C-130 Hercules. We don't have to worry about the canopies, but you're one lucky man to have fly-by-wire. The cables in the c-130s are endless! I feel sorry for the c-5 guys.
Also, we're the wheel and tire shop too. Which really adds to it. Our bead breaker has been broken and we've had 15 main and nose wheels and tires stack up on us. With only two people in the shop, we've gotten them done in two days so we'll be ready in reinstall a couple of elevators and start the next iso phase that's coming in next week.
Never worked fighters, but I worked FL on the 130's for about 4 years and really enjoyed it. From there I went into the ISO dock and now I'm in the r&R shop.
Thanks for everybodies long hours sweating and freezing on the line!
Except I work on the good ole "shake, rattle, and role!" The C-130 Hercules. We don't have to worry about the canopies, but you're one lucky man to have fly-by-wire. The cables in the c-130s are endless! I feel sorry for the c-5 guys.
Also, we're the wheel and tire shop too. Which really adds to it. Our bead breaker has been broken and we've had 15 main and nose wheels and tires stack up on us. With only two people in the shop, we've gotten them done in two days so we'll be ready in reinstall a couple of elevators and start the next iso phase that's coming in next week.
Never worked fighters, but I worked FL on the 130's for about 4 years and really enjoyed it. From there I went into the ISO dock and now I'm in the r&R shop.
Thanks for everybodies long hours sweating and freezing on the line!
The F-117 has plenty of cables. Emer release, Drag chutes, and one even for the IFR door. Fuel shop touches the last one tho. Almost forgot, we do wheel and tire as well. HAHA, DUB-T!! was doing that this week, next week i run mids. Last night i had to pull off the right intake grids on one jet just to fix some RAM that flew off in flight.
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Originally Posted by Nite_Hawk
Crew Chief here...Prior F-16 maintainer, now on the F-117. I work Crash/Recovery, Repair and Reclamation. I do more in this back shop than the F/L does here. We do all the landing gear, all the rigs on everything, and canopies as well. Only thing i don't do is hydrualic components. Been here for 4 years. 16's for 5.
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Originally Posted by LT Malice
<--- a toast to you.I'm a pilot and I break ****, alot. Over G's are my favorite. I know you guys bust your *** so I can look cool.
<---- me chuggin to you, cause id love to fly. ive been trying to get an incentive flight for a few years now...over g's arent so much fun for me. they lead to alot of maintenance for my shop and others. just had one the other day...we spent a full 2 shifts workin issues because of it...
ive heard of the pilots coming out on a weekend duty to help pull panels for over g inspections here on dyess...
