MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – Members of the 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron and the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron follow a refurbished F-15E Strike Eagle being towed to be installed as a static display here June 25. It took seven hours of work to install the display on the corner of Gunfighter Ave. and Aardvark Ave. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelina Drake)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – Gunfighters build a ramp in order to safely maneuver the newest, nearly 10,000 pound, static display down a grassy hill here June 25. The F-15E Strike Eagle was flown to Mountain Home in 2008 and has since been selected to bear with the names of Airmen who have died or have provided significant contributions to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelina Drake)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – Senior Airman Derek Ivester, 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, adds pressure to a jack under the nose of an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft static display here June 25. Airman Ivester and 14 other crew members finished the final construction of the display after seven rigorous hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelina Drake)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – Airman 1st Class Mike Couch, 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, pumps 1 of 3 jacks used to raise the newly positioned F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft static display here June 25. Tech Sgt. Darin Sanders, 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, watches Airman Couch’s progress as well as the aircraft’s positioning in order to minimize the possibility of damage and injury. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelina Drake)
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – The group that completed the final installation process of the new F-15E Strike Eagle static display stand together at the corner of Gunfighter Ave. and Aardvark Ave. after completing more than seven hours of work here June 25. The crew chose to stand below the name of their fellow Airman, Tech. Sgt. Jason Leigh, a former 366th Equipment Maintenance Squadron member who was killed April 2010 in a motorcycle accident while on a TDY in Las Vegas, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelina Drake)