Senior Airman Steven Rucker, an electronic warfare technician with 169th Maintenance Squadron’s Electronic Warfare shop at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., loads an ALQ-184 electronic countermeasure pod on a lift to be moved to the testing equipment area for a120-day Preventative Maintenance Inspection, Jan. 6, 2012. PMI’s are conducted every 120 and a major inspection at 320 days, where a specific series of tests are performed on various components at pre-set frequencies, ensuring the ECM pod is receiving and correctly responding to threat signals. Electronic warfare provides safety to our pilots and F-16’s in combat and training missions by providing total structural and electronic maintenance and repairs to the ALQ-184 ECM pod. The ALQ-184 is equipped with forward and aft antennas, which manipulates radiofrequency signals received and sends back false information, making it difficult for the enemy to lock a signal on our jets.
Date Taken: | 01.06.2012 |
Date Posted: | 01.24.2012 13:34 |
Photo ID: | 513959 |
VIRIN: | 120106-F-WT236-012 |
Resolution: | 1800x1200 |
Size: | 1.36 MB |
Location: | EASTOVER, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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