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In the Pits


In the Pits

An F-15 goes through a maintenance check prior to entering the refueling area during a hot pit session Dec. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 96th Test Wing established the quarterly hot pit refueling capability six months ago. Hot pitting is when an aircraft pilot flies a sortie, returns, refuels with engines running, then takes off again for another mission. This new enhancement provides the aircrew more sorties and the maintainers more time to work on the aircraft. Although hot pitting is new for the test wing, it is a common occurrence for operational wings. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

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From left, Monique Purdon and Chris Hetreed, F-35 Lightning II store separation team engineers with Lockheed Martin, examine a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) in the test section of Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) four-foot transonic wind tunnel. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) Outside Machinist Jim Lynch makes adjustments to a model of a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) before F-35 Lightning II store separation testing resumed in Arnold Engineering Development's (AEDC) four-foot transonic wind tunnel. ATA is the support contractor at AEDC. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
This F-4C Phantom displayed at Gate 2 will be dedicated Nov. 27 in the memory of Col. Lawrence H. Golberg and Maj. Patrick E. Wynne. On Aug. 8, 1966 the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, lost F-4C 63-7560, call sign ‘Ozark’ following a Rolling Thunder Armed Reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. After delivering their ordnance against trucks, the aircraft was beginning the run home when hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the jungle. Colonel Golberg and Major Wynne were listed as “Missing in Action” until 1977 when their remains were located and returned to the United States. (AEDC Photo)
The F-15 static display aircraft at Arnold Air Force Base's Main Gate will be dedicated Aug. 9 in honor of Maj. Jim Duricy who was killed when he was forced to eject at high speed as the F-15 he piloted crashed into the Gulf of Mexico April 30, 2002. He was assigned to the 40th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Photo by David Housch)
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Air Reserve paratroopers from the 861st Quartermaster Company in Nashville, Tenn., jump out of a Tennessee Air National Guard C-130 Hercules over Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., April 1 during a mock-deployment exercise. (Photo by Claude Morse)