Just a phase: Preventative maintenance keeps jets airborne, pilots safe, mission successful

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Franklin, 51st Maintenance Squadron electrical environmental systems specialist, removes a panel from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in the Phase Hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea on Aug. 28, 2017. The maintainers working in the Phase Hangar strengthen Osan’s fleet everyday by meticulously inspecting both the A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16, performing preventative maintenance, which ensures mission safety, capabilities and lethality. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III

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