WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:02.029 My name is staff Sergeant Michael 00:02.029 --> 00:04.450 Stella . I am an engine mechanic at the 00:04.450 --> 00:06.950 180th Fighter Wing . We work on the 00:06.960 --> 00:10.150 F 100-29 version engine , 00:10.540 --> 00:12.960 Which goes into the F- 16 fighter jet 00:13.340 --> 00:16.840 and it is a one engine aircraft . So 00:16.850 --> 00:19.072 it's pretty important what we do here . 00:19.072 --> 00:21.072 The engine shop is basically broken 00:21.072 --> 00:23.930 down into two sets of maintainers . We 00:23.930 --> 00:26.152 have our flight line in the back shop , 00:26.152 --> 00:28.319 so the flight line is the front line . 00:28.319 --> 00:30.374 They are the ones that are out there 00:30.374 --> 00:32.374 checking on the interfaces with the 00:32.374 --> 00:34.597 aircraft . They're the ones uh , taking 00:34.597 --> 00:36.930 care of any issues that the pilots have , 00:36.930 --> 00:39.041 anything the crew chiefs might find . 00:39.340 --> 00:42.000 So they are the ones that diagnose and 00:42.000 --> 00:44.056 fix anything that can be fixed while 00:44.056 --> 00:46.222 it's in the aircraft . If it's too big 00:46.222 --> 00:48.333 of a job , they will pull it and they 00:48.333 --> 00:50.556 can swap another engine in an afternoon 00:50.556 --> 00:52.778 into that aircraft . And the broke ones 00:52.778 --> 00:54.833 comes back here for us to fix . Crew 00:54.833 --> 00:57.056 chief usually calls in and says there's 00:57.056 --> 00:59.222 something up or after the flight comes 00:59.222 --> 01:01.389 down . Usually download all the engine 01:01.389 --> 01:03.500 data from the flight and if code pops 01:03.500 --> 01:05.722 is what it's called . But if you find a 01:05.722 --> 01:07.833 code for the engine , you diagnose it 01:07.833 --> 01:09.889 and if it needs maintenance then you 01:09.889 --> 01:11.944 either can do the maintenance on the 01:11.944 --> 01:11.890 aircraft or if it's required to pull 01:11.890 --> 01:13.946 the engine to bring it into the back 01:13.946 --> 01:16.168 shop , we can do that as well . Usually 01:16.168 --> 01:18.168 once we get an engine back into the 01:18.168 --> 01:20.446 shop we do a full receiving inspection , 01:20.446 --> 01:22.390 look over everything we'll know in 01:22.390 --> 01:24.557 advance kind of what we need to do and 01:24.557 --> 01:24.060 what's been found to cause the engine 01:24.060 --> 01:26.116 to come back here . But usually with 01:26.116 --> 01:28.282 the receiving inspection we can take a 01:28.282 --> 01:30.504 further dive into what needs to be done 01:30.504 --> 01:32.504 and we can find , you know , hidden 01:32.504 --> 01:32.280 things wrong with the engine and 01:32.280 --> 01:35.180 whatnot in order to fully repair it and 01:35.180 --> 01:37.347 get it back to functioning shape after 01:37.347 --> 01:39.458 we go through and do do the work that 01:39.458 --> 01:41.569 needs to be done . We usually take it 01:41.569 --> 01:43.750 out to the hush house or a test so and 01:44.240 --> 01:46.351 run the engine and put it through its 01:46.351 --> 01:48.518 paces as if it was in the air . But we 01:48.518 --> 01:50.629 can we can monitor it and we can make 01:50.629 --> 01:52.573 sure everything's working properly 01:52.573 --> 01:54.573 before we put it into an aircraft , 01:54.573 --> 01:56.573 acts as a safety precaution to make 01:56.573 --> 01:58.796 sure that it's good to go . It's a very 01:58.796 --> 02:01.018 satisfying job knowing that what you do 02:01.018 --> 02:03.240 makes a direct impact on whether or not 02:03.240 --> 02:03.210 the aircraft fly and there's all of 02:03.210 --> 02:05.266 them in the air . Usually . No , you 02:05.266 --> 02:05.050 did a pretty good job .