You Lift Me Up

On the rack, Aircraft 8156, assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron's Flying Jennies, is supported by jack stands while maintainers from the 403rd Maintenance Squdrons's Aero Repair Shop conduct look after one of the 18 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the 403rd Wing fleet. This airframe is a C-130J-30 which is a "stretched" version of the J-model that has an extra 15 feet in length allowing the Jennies to carry more cargo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

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Something may seem amiss to passersby on the Keesler flightline as maintainers, Master Sgt. James Rowe and Staff Sgt. Derek Breland, sit beneath a C-130J-30 that looks as if it has no front landing gear. The two knuckle busters from the 403rd Maintenance Squadron were measuring gaps between the door and the front landing gear compartment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

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You Lift Me Up

On the rack, Aircraft 8156, assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron's Flying Jennies, is supported by jack stands while maintainers from the 403rd Maintenance Squdrons's Aero Repair Shop conduct look after one of the 18 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the 403rd Wing fleet. This airframe is a C-130J-30 which is a "stretched" version of the J-model that has an extra 15 feet in length allowing the Jennies to carry more cargo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

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To test the gaps in the front landing gear compartment, Staff Sgt. Derek Breland, 403rd Maintenance Squdron, uses an electronic caliper. A maintenance team jacked the nose of the aircraft off the ground and then closed the landing gear so Sergeant Breland could collect the measurements. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

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Citizen Airmen check specifications in the Technical Order while maintaining a C-130J-30 Super Hercules lifted on jack stands in the background. (From left) Master Sgt. Scott Sigworth, Staff Sgt. Derek Breland and Master Sgt. James Rowe, all of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron, spend most of their workdays in, on or around this airframe. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

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You Lift Me Up

Published Feb. 13, 2008