23 The mission of aircraft maintainers depends heavily on the equipment they use to perform their duties being properly treated for the environment they’re in and having it all readily available for daily usage. The Aerospace Ground Equipment flight, part of the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, ensures that all AGE is inspected, repaired and given preventative protection on a regular basis.
Aircraft on Kadena Air Base, Japan, go through 18,000 annual flying hours and everyday usage that requires maintainers to address wear and tear 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Maintainers and pilots both acknowledge the saying, “There is no air power without ground power,” which couldn’t be truer regarding the AGE flight at Kadena.
officer down. two baltimore city police officers shot. tonight, mayor dixon is calling them heroes. good evening. i m denise koch. in for adam may. here s what people are talking about tonight. one officer hospitalized. a second treated and released. both shot in separate confrontations with a suspect in two domestic violence incidents. pat warren has more. reporter: it s been a jolting day and a long night for baltimore city police. after an incident one witness described as a scene from a movie. reporter: shattered glass shot through the window as he sat behind the wheel of his car. bullet negligence his chest bullets in his chest, abdomen and left arm. a baltimore police officer is able to crawl out of the passenger s side and return fire. after being wounded in the seat of that car, to pull himself out, and engage the suspect in a gun battle, i think it says a lot about the men and women of this police department. i m damn proud of their work. reporter: that work