REPORTER:EVERY PART OF AN F-16 HAS ITS OWN SET OF MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION THAT IT NEEDS TO PASS BEFORE FLYING. THIS INCLUDES ITS WEAPONS AND THAT JOB FALLS TO MISAWA’S ARMAMENT SHOP. 1ST LT DEANTHONY JOHNSON: HERE AT ARMAMENT WE INSPECT AND MAINTAIN AME, ALTERATIVE MISSION EQUIPMENT. SO OUR GUYS HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN KILLING IT, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 9 GUNS BACK-TO-BACK. IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 5 DAYS TO TURN ONE GUN AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE AT NUMBER 3 OUT OF 9. REPORTER: MAINTAING THE JET’S M1-61 MACHINE GUN IS A METICULOUS TASK. SSGT JEFFREY SALYER: SO WHEN WE GET THE GUN IN, WE DISASSEMBLE EVERYTHING, WE DISASSEMBLE THE GUN COMPLETELY DOWN TO JUST THE ROTOR ITSELF. WE TAKE APART ALL THE UNITS THAT GO WITH IT, MAKE SURE THERE’S NO CRACKS OR THEY’RE NOT BENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF THEY ARE, WE’LL CHANGE THOSE OUT, REASSEMBLE EVERYTHING AND KICK IT OUT DOOR. REPORTER: PETTY OFFICER AARON SPERLE, MISAWA AIR BASE, JAPAN.
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