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Show 10 OHllltop QHJALDTY CONTROL 514th pilots take depot aircraft up for flight check Times March 18, 2004 Photo by Airman 1st ClaM Mlcah Qarbartno Lt Col. Chrte Suaalngham, Ogtten Air Logistics Center chief of safety, who also flies with the 514th Flight Test Squadron, straps In to deliver a Thunderblrd that was hers for maintenance. by Airman 1st Class Micah Qarbarlno Hilltop Times staff They take great care not to be identified with test pilots and their immortal images, burned into our brains from movies like "The Right Stuff." But if they didn't have great faith in Hill's maintainers, they could consider their job just as dangerous. To ensure that all of an aircraft's systems are functioning properly and all the parts are firmly in place after passing through the depot process here, it must be flown before returning to the warfighting unit that owns them. "We are the final check before the aircraft goes back to the customer," said Maj. Mark "Pepe" Proulx, the assistant operations officer for the 514th and a functional check pilot Qv..7 ' ' - fortheF-16- . e unit of functional check pilots and The 514th is a crewmembers made up of active duty, Guard and Reserve. The 514th was realigned to join the Ogden ALC in September 1995. Simply put, they are the Ogden ALC's "qualfull-tim- ity control." modifications and major The center performs depot-levand from across the maintenance on Air Force. "Our mission at the depot is to get aircraft operational and back to the warfighting unit as soon as possible, and the 514th is a big part of that. We couldn't accomplish the mission without them, but they wouldn't exist without the depot. So, in a way, we depend on each other to exist," said Chief Master Sgt. Terry Sawyer, the Maintenance Directorate superintendent of flight test. checks involve performing flight The 514th quality-contrchecks, which means strapping themselves into planes that have usually been stripped to the bone and put back together el A-l- s, ol Our mission at the depot is the Maintenance Directorate, we take an and it sits on the ground for 130 to 180 days. We take its wings off, take its engine out, take its nose off and other things, but our guys don't get in the cockpit and fly it. It takes a lot of trust for them (514th pilots) to do that," Chief Sawyer to get aircraft operational ... the 514th is a big part of that. again. "At F-1- 6, said. "Whether they come in to the Center for a software upgrade or a major overhaul, we put these planes through a complete functional check flight," Major Proulx said. The checklists for the check flights vary depending on the plane, model and maintenance or upgrades completed at the depot. 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Delivery of foreign military sales aircraft is also a part of the 514th mission. The pilots deliver planes all over the world, from Thailand to Italy. Many of those aircraft come from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Cenn AFB, Ariz., and the ter, or "bone yard," at 514th sends pilots thereto test them once they have been reassembled, Proulx said. potentiallWhile they don't test new, y-deadly aircraft, like Chuck Yeager or Buzz Aldren, the check pilots of the 514th keep the proven ones safely flying back to the warfighter. we C7G O ftun (Sam (HHHli Let's Talk Early College... High school sophomores and juniors, parents, lend us your ears. Find out how college classes taken now can save your whole family both time and money. rcrortffiTTTi mr?m QBGIEC3 "Convenience is just one benefv ofWSU's Early College Program Weber State University March 30 6:00 p.m., Rm. 103 III 1 1 - Davis Campus L - Weber State University Ogden Campus April 8 6:00 p.m., Marriott Health Sciences Bldg. Rm. 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