My visit to the 161st ARW; KPHX
11-05-2009, 09:46 AM
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My visit to the 161st ARW; KPHX
One of my classes in my last semester here at ASU is an aircraft power plants class and for a 'field trip' the AZANG graciously accepted our class request to tour their flight line and poke around the KC-135's. They opened the engines up for us and let us see the inside of the jet from fore to aft. Here are a few shots from the evening. This was yesterday, Nov 4.
Unfortunately, because there was a large group of us I wasn't able to capture all the shots I would have liked to, but it was still a lot of fun.
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Unfortunately, because there was a large group of us I wasn't able to capture all the shots I would have liked to, but it was still a lot of fun.
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This and another jet were being readied to launch. The flight crew was just about to step outside.
Here we are walking out to see 'our' plane for the evening.
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11-05-2009, 09:51 AM
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My personal favorite. To me it almost has a cinematic feel to it.
Down the hatch. A classmate standing in the cargo door.
Getting a bath on the wash rack.
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That's it!
You can view many more from the evening if you wish here: 161st ARW KPHX album | Ben | Fotki.com
As a side note, I asked the Sergeant who acted as our guide about job availabilities at the 161st, and he said that there are both enlisted and officer positions available, including pilot slots (!). Time for me to make some phone calls and see if there is any truth to this!
11-05-2009, 10:36 AM
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The 135 is the best jet I've worked on, love em. The engines are reliable and built for ease of maintenance. I have an F-108 fan blade on my desk at work. The QSAS (Quick Start APU System) is what I spent more time fixing and even that wasn't that bad to work on. We could have an APU replaced and ready to run in about 2 hours. Awesome plane.
