Air Force maintainers make strides toward innovation

Airman 1st Class Colin Moore, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, performs a pre-flight inspection on a trainer drone at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. The training was held to teach airmen basic drone maneuvers, preparing them to operate a larger drone in April that will be utilized to perform top-view inspections of aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Air Force maintainers make strides toward innovation

Maintenance airmen operate a trainer drone to enhance basic flight operation skills at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. Airmen assigned to the 15th Maintenance Squadron and the 154th Maintenance Squadron participated in a five-day course in preparation for an experimental maintenance inspection procedure to fly drones to observe the top of an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Air Force maintainers make strides toward innovation

Airman 1st Class Colin Moore, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, speaks with Darryl Anunciado, a contracted flight instructor, during drone flight training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. Contracted personnel are utilizing a curriculum they created to train 15th MXS and 154th Maintenance Squadron airmen on basic flight movements with a trainer drone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Senior Airman Lou Osagie, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, utilizes a controller to operate a trainer drone at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. The five-day training was done to prepare maintainers for an innovative maintenance aircraft inspection process that will allow airmen to inspect an aircraft with a drone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Senior Airman Lou Osagie and Airman 1st Class Colin Moore, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeymen, operate a trainer drone at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. Eight maintainers representing the 15th MXS and the 154th Maintenance Squadron participated in a five-day experimental training, enhancing basic drone flight controls to utilize in an innovative maintenance aircraft inspection process that will allow airmen to view the top of aircraft with a drone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

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Air Force maintainers make strides toward innovation

Published Feb. 10, 2023
By Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker
15th Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airman 1st Class Colin Moore, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, performs a pre-flight inspection on a trainer drone at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2023. The training was held to teach airmen basic drone maneuvers, preparing them to operate a larger drone in April that will be utilized to perform top-view inspections of aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)