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Davis-Monthan at Work
Generating aircraft for high-end fight

355th EMS AGE maintains Red Flag – Rescue maintainers Confined Backshop for the Brrrt

ground power space training F ARP training enhances
prepares Airmen skill sets

for emergencies

Senior Airman Zachary
Watkins, 355th Compo-
nent Maintenance Squad-
ron aircraft fuels systems Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens
troop, pulls a simulated Senior Airman Jake Marquez, 355th Lo-
incapacitated Airman out gistics Readiness Squadron forward area
of a fuel tank during train- Senior Airman Sari Seibert
Senior Airman Cheyenne Powers refueling point operator, waits on aircraft An Airman from the 355th Component
Senior Airman Blake Gonzales Airman 1st Class Phillip Schwoerer, 355th ing Nov. 13, 2020. Wat- to arrive during a FARP mission in sup-
Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens kins took lead in the situ- port of Bushwhacker 20-07 at Fort Bliss, Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight
Airman 1st Class Jackson Wagner, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron A-10 Thun- Senior Airman Andrea Sabillon, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, pre- ation as he went through Texas, Nov. 4, 2020. As the global climate uses a flashlight to examine a General
derbolt II crew chief, performs maintenance on an A-10 on the D-M flightline Nov. 3, Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aero- pares to marshal out an A-10 Thunderbolt emergency protocol to of war continues to change and become Electric TF-34 turbofan engine at Davis-
II for a training mission during Red Flag-
2020. Wagner and other Airmen from the 355th Wing diverted operations from their space Ground Equipment technician, re- Rescue 20-2, Aug. 13, 2020. Red Flag-Res- safely and effectively more demanding, service members Monthan Air Force Base, Oct. 15, 2020. The
typical location on the flightline, while only taking limited resources as they simulated plenishes the oil in a floodlight March 17, cue trains all rescue and attack Airmen to remove the Airman from across the Department of Defense contin- Air Force has used the T-34 engine for the
what would be available to them in a contested and austere environment, as Airmen 2020, during an inspection. After verifying prepare for the high-end fight potentially the fuel tank, address any ue to build and sustain an unprecedented A-10 Thunderbolt II since the 1970s.
the functionality of a piece of equipment,
continue to train different scenarios to ensure their readiness for the high-end fight. issues and treat for po-
Sabillon confirmed it for operational use located in contested and degraded envi- tential injuries. and unmatched level of readiness across 68th RQS trains to execute
ronments.
the force through in-depth and constant
on Davis-Monthan’s flightline.
NDI – more than meets the eye Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens training, to ensure critical capabilities that no-fail mission
are required in the fight.
563rd RQG trains for high-end fight An Airman looks RQG saves four stranded teens
out of an HC-
130J Combat
King II over the
Pacific Ocean,
Oct. 1, 2020. Air-
men from the
563rd Rescue
Group constantly
train to main-
Inspected aircraft screws lay on tain and build
a table at the 355th EMD NDI lab on their state of Airman 1st Class Jacob T. Stephens
at D-M AFB. The NDI lab inspects high-end readi- A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the
aircraft and equipment by use of ness. Courtesy photo Combat Team Member Course receives
fluorescent penetrant, magnetic LEFT: A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk Airmen assigned to the 563rd Rescue instruction during training June 26, 2020.
particle, ultrasonic, eddy current, receives fuel from a HC-130J Combat King Group rescued four teenagers who were CTMC gives combat search and rescue
oil analysis and X-ray methods. Photos by Staff Sgt. Sergio Gamboa II over Arizona, Oct. 7, 2020. This helicop- stranded on Mount Baldy in Dixie Nation- Airmen the opportunity to train on a wide
A special solution, containing iron, is al Forest, Utah, Nov. 12, 2020.
poured onto magnetized aircraft equip- ter air-to-air refuel mission was part of variety of skills over a two-month period.
ment at the 355th EMD NDI lab. The ongoing training across the 563rd Rescue
solution makes deficiencies detectable Group to ensure combat ready rescue
by seeping into cracks not visible to the forces anywhere, anytime. D-M Airmen rescue
naked eye.
Photos by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens Det. 1, 355th Wing activates at Nellis
LEFT: Airman 1st Class Zachery Filson, Two U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawks fly over Arizona, Oct. 7, 2020. The HH-60s
355th EMD NDI journeyman, inspects are assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron and are tasked to execute personnel re- injured Chinese mariner
aircraft equipment for cracks. The NDI covery and other rescue missions.
lab evaluates and interprets aircraft and
equipment deficiencies undetectable to
the naked eye. Bushwhacker 20-07 exercises

Integrating to increase combat capabilities capabilities, improves readiness

A U.S. Air Force Airman loads cargo onto
a C-130 Hercules from Little Rock Air
Force Base, Arkansas, during dynamic
wing integration training July 21, 2020. Senior Airman Blake Gonzales
Airmen from units across Davis-Monthan Lt. Col. Robert Rosebrough, Detachment
worked with Little Rock Airmen to prac- 1, 355th Wing commander, folds the Det. 1
tice loading cargo that deployed Airmen flag after a squadron activation ceremony
would need. This ensures the ability to June 15, 2020, at Davis-Monthan Air Force
get equipment to an austere location, as Photos by Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens Base. The detachment will serve to consol-
the 355th Wing’s Dynamic Wing contin- Airman 1st Class Brendan Connoy, 355th Com- idate the 355th Wing commander’s intent, U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Ray Aquino
ues to address and execute on dynamic munications Squadron client systems techni- direction and advocacy with the 563rd A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter assigned to the 55th Rescue
force employment and agile combat em- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs sit on the flight line cian, sets up equipment Nov. 2, 2020, during Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan and the Squadron, Davis-Monthan, AFB, stands by at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Cali-
ployment. The Wing’s mission aligns with An Airman from the 355th Wing Nov. 2, 2020. The A-10s were moved to the Bushwhacker 20-07. The purpose of the Bush- 563rd RQG operating location-alpha, 58th fornia, Aug. 28, 2020. The helicopter and its crew were participating in a joint rescue
the efforts of senior leaders in the Depart- dons mission oriented protec- flight line as part of Bushwhacker 20-07, whacker exercise is to build multi-capable Air- Rescue Squadron, 66th Rescue Squadron long-range overwater operation with members of California Air National Guard’s 129th
ment of Defense, as well as the national tive posture gear during Exercise as the 355th Wing continues to build on its men to be able to establish, sustain and defend and 855th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Rescue Wing for an injured crewman on board a bulk container vessel off the coast of
Airman 1st Class Jacob T. Stephens defense strategy. Bushwhacker 20-07, Nov. 3, 2020. state of high-end readiness. the base with organic command and control. at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. San Francisco.