U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Propulsion Flight of the 3rd Maintenance Squadron and the 525th Fighter Generation Squadron remove a Pratt & Whitney F119 engine from an F-22 Raptor at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 17. When an aircraft is grounded for a long duration, whether due to maintenance, storage, or operational pause: the engine can be vulnerable to internal corrosion, seal degradation, and other forms of wear that are not immediately visible. Re-preservation is a critical process that helps ensure the engine remains within performance and safety standards. Removing the F119 engine from an F-22 is a highly technical process that demands precision, coordination and safety at every stage. (U.S. Air Force...
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On May 24, 1969, near the village of Long Sau, A Lonc Province in Vietnam, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Leroy Bondsteel, a platoon sergeant assigned to Company A, 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, assembled the Soldiers of his platoon into effective combat teams. Company A had been assigned to assist a unit endangered by a North Vietnamese battalion in a well-equipped base camp.
