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This is what it looks like when the Air Force tests its jet engines
This is what it looks like when the Air Force tests its jet engines
Jeremy BenderMar 4, 2016, 22:18 IST
The Air Force's aircraft would be nothing without the incredible amounts of work and technology that goes into each airframe's engines.
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To ensure the safetly and function of each engine, they are subjected to a series of incredible testing on the ground. At this point, the engines are not yet attached to aircraft. And even after a series of testing, engines are still subjected to frequent mechanical checkups to ensure as much as possible that nothing will go wrong mid-flight.
Even after engines are used in flight, they are frequently taken off of planes and checked and tuned up. Here, an afterburner glows during a test engine run and diagnostics on an F-15 engine following repair.
An afterburner glows during a test engine run and diagnostics on an F-15 engine following repair, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Fla., Nov. 10, 2010.USAF/Master Sgt. Shelley Gill
Air Force spouses watch a US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft engine run at the Hush House jet engine test facility.
Air Force spouses watch a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft engine run at the Hush House jet engine test facility. The spouses of active duty and Reserve F-22 pilots from the 525th and 302nd Fighter Squadrons received an up close look at the F-22 mission during the Spouses Blue Carpet day here Sept. 21, 2012.US Air Force Reserve/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso
Senior Airman Daniel San Miguel, an aerospace propulsion journeyman, oversees an F110-GE-129 engine being tested during its afterburner phase at Misawa Air Base, Japan.
Senior Airman Daniel San Miguel, an aerospace propulsion journeyman with the 35th Maintenance Squadron, oversees an F110-GE-129 engine being tested during its afterburner phase at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 4, 2016. Each engine is tested multiple times for consistency and safety to ensure each engine has the capability to reach peak performance.USAF/Senior Airman Deana Heitzman
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Members of the 23rd Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight perform maintenance on a TF-34 engine that belongs to an A-10C Thunderbolt II.
Members of the 23rd Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight perform maintenance on a TF-34 engine July 27, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 23rd CMS supplies the 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons with TF-34s in support of Moody AFB's A-10C Thunderbolt IIs.USAF/Airman Greg Nash
Senior Airman John Fleetwood inspects an augmenter flame-holder and spray-rings during an engine tear down for an F-15.
Senior Airman John Fleetwood inspects an augmenter flame-holder and spray-rings during an engine tear down, Oct. 14. Airman Fleetwood and his wingmen of the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, keep Kadena's F-15s in the air. More than 200 engines are maintained by this unit, providing support for F-15s as well as A-10s from Osan Air Base, Korea.US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Christopher Hummel
