Crew chiefs are Buff’s best friend

Senior Airman Calvin Kunkel and Airman 1st Class Terell Holmstrom, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, preform preflight checks under the tail of a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 30, 2017. Part of a crew chief’s job is to send the jet up and receive them after they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Senior Airman Calvin Kunkel and Airman 1st Class Terell Holmstrom, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, sit on a generator cart during a quick break at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 30, 2017. The generator cart provides electric power to the B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Airman 1st Class Terell Holmstrom, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, retrieves the air cart’s nozzle at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 30, 2017. The air cart provides air to the B-52 Stratofortress to start the engines and cool the cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Senior Airman Calvin Kunkel, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, wraps up his headset cord at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 30, 2017. The cord allows Kunkel to speak with aircrew inside the jet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Airman 1st Class Austin Buresh, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, holds marshalling glow sticks as he waits for an aircraft to taxi in at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 31, 2017. The glow sticks are used at night so the pilot can see where the crew chiefs are directing them. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Airman 1st Class Austin Buresh, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 31, 2017. The B-52 will be cleaned, have its oil serviced and checked for foreign object damage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Staff Sgt. Kaleb Sutter, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, sets up his headset after a B-52 Stratofortress taxied in at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 31, 2017. The headset allows crew chiefs to speak with aircrew inside the jet and provides hearing protection from the engines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Staff Sgt. Kaleb Sutter, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks the interior of a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 31, 2017. He looks for any damage to the jet and any foreign object damage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)

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Crew chiefs are Buff’s best friend

Published Feb. 1, 2017
By Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Senior Airman Calvin Kunkel and Airman 1st Class Terell Holmstrom, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, preform preflight checks under the tail of a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 30, 2017. Part of a crew chief’s job is to send the jet up and receive them after they land. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright)