OCR Text |
Show Wednesday, November 24, (sln7.(g Page , x; 'SSSk. ' V. ' W ' and the Combat Distribution Team, which specializes in packaging and transporting supplies. Together these people work around the clock fixing the battle damage. During last week's exercise the CLSS team stayed in the field near the training site as they would in battle. ; ; The CDT people obtain the materials needed for the repairs. The parts may come from another plane which can't be fixed or from supply locations close at hand. The trained ABDR technicians carry out the repairs. Together the maintenance and supply personnel are the very heart of the operations success. They learn to use many unusual items to patch the plane. These may include clamping part of a ball point pen around the ends of a severed wire to complete the electrical connection to cutting up a soda pop can and riveting it to cover an exterior hole. There's no limit to what or how these repairs are (U.S. Air Force I no to is made. "The goal get the plane operational, Leonard Ureyich, an assessor and SSgt. Ronnie Snorgrass, a technician, check the matter what it takes," Captain Blaszkiewicz said. MSgt. orders as a cross reference on the battle damage before starting the repairs. Patches on the plane's exterior may even be made with a silver metallic tape known as "speed tape." This allows a smooth surface which blends in and maintains the plane's aerodynamics. During this exercise the team had to face repeated aggressor attacks from the Prime BEEFers, This slowed the work, but didn't stop it. If a chemical warfare attack was staged the CLSS people donned their chemical warfare equipment and returned to their job. CLSS members were removed from the exercise by the evaluators if they were too slow in getting their gear on, since if the attack had been real these members would have Photo by Luanda Schuft) F-10-1's b been dead. - 11 IS pilot who brought the damaged bird in began determining just what was needed to get the plane on another mission. v "The assessors use special markings on the aircraft to help the techmciansetermine what repairs need to be done," Captain Blaszkiewicz explained. The handymen teams are then brought in. They are comprised of the ABDR maintenance members . HILL TOP TIMES 1982 . ' After 33 hours the exercise was wrapped up. "The hydraulic and electrical systems were hooked up and operationally checked. If this had been a wartime situation the plane would have been capable of returning to its mission," Captain Blaszkiewicz said. F-10- 1's - (U.S. Air Force Photo by Luanda Schuft) . This sort of damage to the right aileron on the may actually fix in a wartime situation. F-10-1 represents what the teams technical |