Ensuring mission readiness: Unseen guardians of aircraft reliability

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Hector Melendez, 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, rolls a C-5 aircraft tire off a rack onto a tire dolly as part of an in-process quality verification inspection at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 2, 2025. The QA verification inspection ensured maintainers could install a tire in accordance with technical order torque values. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Mather)

PHOTO BY: Joseph Mather
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NIKON D850

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N/A

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40/10

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10/600

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1000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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