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)
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