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# Ground-power: AGE keeps flightline running

By Senior Airman Abby L. Finkel48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

                ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England   –              Getting a multi-million dollar F-15 safely airborne and back down again takes coordination across many different career fields. On the ground and operating behind the scenes, the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment Airmen are one of the integral pieces of this puzzle. "We have a saying, '[there’s] no airpower without ground power,'” said Senior Airman Eric Alaniz, 48th EMS AGE journeyman. AGE Airmen maintain equipment such as generators, heaters, flood lights and bomb lifts, which are essential for crew chiefs and other flightline Airmen to do their jobs. "We take care of the equipment used on the flightline,” said Airman 1st Class Hannah Christensen, 48th EMS AGE technician. “We maintain it, we inspect it and when it breaks we fix it.”One of the important aspects of maintaining well-functioning equipment involves completing bi-annual inspections. The inspections allow AGE Airmen to proactively find and fix potential issues before they become problems, thereby keeping all of the equipment in top working order."There's periodic inspections, phase one and phase two,” Christensen said. “In a phase one it's usually just checking all the filters and looking over each part of the unit and making sure it's good. Phase two will take multiple days, because you have to be very thorough."Keeping the equipment in good condition allows AGE technicians to ensure that flightline Airmen such as crew chiefs always get the equipment they need to take care of the 48th Fighter Wing’s aircraft. “We can’t do our job without AGE,” said Senior Airman Joseph Rogel, 494th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief. “We have to do [operations] checks for every flight that we do. Without the proper equipment, that job can’t get done.”AGE technicians use ground power to ensure the Liberty Wing’s F-15s are ready to accomplish the mission, and remain the U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s premier combat wing, providing worldwide responsive combat airpower and support. *Editor's note: The original story can be viewed on the Royal Air Force Lakenheath website.*

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