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Out of the shadows:

ACMS Airmen provide the missing link

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen By Airman 1st Class Kristan Campbell between pilots in the ground control sta-
tion and their RPAs.
Chief Master Sgt. Michael Ditore, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
command chief, left, coins Staff Sgt. Rachel, 432nd Aircraft Communications Robert and Rachel are also a part of
Maintenance Squadron ground control station communications shift supervisor and CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — the only communications squadron that
Senior Airman Robert, 432nd ACMS GCS mechanic, Feb. 11 at Creech Air Force Base, Preparing to support remotely piloted services GCSs at Creech. The GCS acts as
Nev. Ditore had just finished post-inspections as a part of shadowing them for a day. aircraft operations is no easy task. a cockpit to pilots and sensor operators
Still, Airmen assigned to the 432nd who control the MQ-1 and MQ-9 aircraft
Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing from the ground, and being the only spe-
recently spent time showing leadership cialists with the tools to maintain them
exactly what it takes to provide RPA makes their job especially important to
intellegence, surveillance, and recon- the RPA mission.
naissance support 24/7, 365 days a year.
As they conducted a preventative
Chief Master Sgt. Michael Ditore, maintenance inspection (PMI) with
432nd WG/ 432nd AEW command chief, Ditore, the Airmen covered important
shadowed two Airmen from the 432nd aspects of the job, and provided him with
Aircraft Communications Maintenance valuable insight. The Airmen showed
Squadron February 10, 2016, and learned Ditore how to properly care for the sta-
about how the ACMS provides the link tion, as well as how to fix it if something
between RPAs and ground support at goes wrong.
Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
Robert said that keeping the GCSs
Senior Airman Robert, a communica- maintained enables pilots and sensor
tions mechanic, and Staff Sgt. Rachel, operators to f ly, and demonstrated that
a communications supervisor, are re- without them, RPA f light just wouldn’t
sponsible for ground control squadron be possible.
maintenance. Assigned to the 432nd
ACMS, they maintain the electronic link _____________See ACMS, on page 9

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