Airmen assigned to the 82nd Training Wing, familiarize themselves with the BRU-61/A weapons system during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. The Airmen were frontline supervisors and weapons instructors for the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. The training was augmented by the 355th Munitions Squadron.
Frontline supervisors from across the U.S. Air Force attended an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course for the BRU-61/A weapons systems at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023.
The training course gave the maintenance career field the ability to localize equipment fixes, which created a faster return-to-combat-time for the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots.
The training was augmented by the 355th Munitions Squadron.
Staff Sgt. Makayla Gallagher, left, and Staff Sgt. Tanner Smith, right, 122nd Fighter Wing aircraft armament systems technicians, discuss the precision of small diameter bombs during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. The training course gave the maintenance career field the ability to localize equipment fixes, which created a faster return-to-combat-time for the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots.A close up of the pressure component of the BRU-61/A weapons system, during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. The new system utilized pressurized air for releasing bombs off the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft. This new pneumatics increased the bomb’s precision and reduced collateral damage.Staff Sgt. Kyle Marion, 122nd Fighter Wing weapons technician, reviews the BRU-61/A weapons system during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. Marion attended the course to learn modernized and advanced technology to arm the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft.Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bordges, 124th Fighter Wing aircraft armament systems technician, applies lubricant to the BRU-61/A weapons system during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. Bordges attended new weapons system training at the 355th Wing and brought the content he learned back to his home unit.Master Sgt. Mark Doke, 355th Munitions Squadron armament maintenance section chief, teaches students during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. Doke was a subject matter expert on small diameter bombs, which hung under A-10C Thunderbolt II aircrafts.Staff Sgt. Tanner Smith, 124th Fighter Wing aircraft armament systems technician, removes a screw from the BRU-61/A weapons system during an Air Combat Command initial pneumatics training course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 23, 2023. The BRU-61/A is an upgraded and modernized firing system that gives A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots greater precision for small diameter bombs.
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