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Fuel tank downloaded for future capability enhancement

Master Sgt. Chad Conroy and Tech. Sgt. Dakota Perkins, aircraft fuel system craftsmen assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron, use a breaker bar to loosen the bolts that affix a fuel tank to the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. The maintainers removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Fuel tank downloaded for future capability enhancement

Master Sgt. Chad Conroy and Tech. Sgt. Dakota Perkins, aircraft fuel system craftsmen assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron, use a breaker bar to loosen the bolts that affix a fuel tank to the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. The maintainers removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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A removed bolt sits on a tool cart while members of the 910th Maintenance Squadron work to remove the other three bolts securing a fuel tank to the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. The maintainers removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Master Sgt. Thaddeus Root steers a forklift carrying a fuel tank cart into place beneath the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft while Master Sgt. Chad Conroy directs at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. Both Airmen are aircraft maintenance craftsmen assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron. The maintainers removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Tech. Sgt. Dakota Perkins (top right), removes wires connecting a fuel tank to the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024, while Master Sgt. Thaddeus Root (left) and Master Sgt. Chad Conroy (bottom right) observe. The Airmen are aircraft maintenance craftsmen assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron who removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Members of the 910th Maintenance Squadron complete the removal of a fuel tank from the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. The rarely performed operation was completed to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Fuel tank downloaded for future capability enhancement

Published May 13, 2024
By Eric M. White
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- Master Sgt. Chad Conroy and Tech. Sgt. Dakota Perkins, aircraft fuel system craftsmen assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron, use a breaker bar to loosen the bolts that affix a fuel tank to the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2024. The maintainers removed the aircraft’s fuel tanks, a rarely performed operation, to store them for potential future use on the unit’s new C-130J-30 aircraft, slated to arrive at the installation this summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)