A day in the life, 721st AMS

Senior Airman Teyana Jackson, a 725th Air Mobility Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, connects a hose to a C- 5 Super Galaxy aircraft engine during a 721st Air Mobility Squadron training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany and Ramstein AB attended the training to develop their maintenance proficiency. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A day in the life, 721st AMS

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Philpot, a 728th Air Mobility Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, works on a C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft engine during a 721st Air Mobility Squadron training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and Ramstein AB attended the training to develop their maintenance. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A day in the life, 721st AMS

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Giancarolo Cintron, a 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing hydraulics regional training center instructor, uses a hydraulics machine to control the levels of fluid going into aircraft jacks as they lift a C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and Ramstein AB learned aircraft maintenance skills while attending the training. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A day in the life, 721st AMS

Aircraft jacks hold up a C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft during a 721st Air Mobility Squadron training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. During the two-week training, Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and Ramstein AB learned how to lift the aircraft using hydraulic aircraft jacks improving their maintenance proficiency. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A pendulum sways back and forth measuring aircraft balance during a 721st Air Mobility Squadron training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany and Ramstein AB attended a training to develop their maintenance proficiency on the C- 5 Super Galaxy aircraft. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A day in the life, 721st AMS

A C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft is placed on aircraft jacks during a 721st Air Mobility Squadron training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. Airmen from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and Ramstein AB attended a training to develop their maintenance proficiency. The 721st Air Mobility Squadron provides command and control, aerial port, and aircraft maintenance in support of the national military strategy to sustain forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

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A day in the life, 721st AMS

Published Dec. 17, 2020
By Senior Airman Thomas Karol
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – Airmen from the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing hosted a training event at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 11, 2020. They hosted units from Incirlik AB, Turkey, Rota AB, Spain and Spangdahlem AB, Germany. Maintenance crews trained on specific engine repairs to as well as lifting a C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft. The training was designed to familiarize maintenance teams with the airframe to ensure competency and expand their knowledge on different aircraft.