The USAF aircraft maintenance program is downsizing the number of job specialties from 50+ to seven. This is in response to the three challenges identified by USAF leadership: Recruiting and retention ...

When people have a blemish, they see a dermatologist; when they have a physiological problem, they see an orthopedist. For the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper, aircraft structural maintainers fill both ...

Johnnie Walker has its Black Label whiskey; American Express has its Black Card; and Metallica and Jay-Z each have their own Black Albums. But when it comes to maintaining aircraft in the U.S. Air ...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said the service's maintainers have pulled off "miracles" to keep planes in the air, despite a lack of spare parts, manpower and decades-old aircraft. Here, ...

Air Force maintenance troops have developed customized stands at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, thus revolutionizing maintenance for the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet. The new customized stands ...

The B-2 Spirit requires climate-controlled hangars and constant stealth coating maintenance, limiting deployability despite its strategic strike capability. The CH-53E Super Stallion requires ...