Staff Sgt. Mark Rippy, air reserve technician hydraulics specialist, 315th Maintenance Squadron, working with the 437th MXS and Senior Airman Skyler Ayers, a crew chief working in the repair and reclamation flight remove a panel to inspect the component integrated flight control module located above it in order to troubleshoot a flight control system fault that has been isolated to one of four tail elevator IFCMs, causing an unsafe condition on a transient C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, Left uncorrected, the fault can cause uncommanded actu

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Staff Sgt. Mark Rippy, air reserve technician hydraulics specialist, 315th Maintenance Squadron, working with the 437th MXS and Senior Airman Skyler Ayers, a crew chief working in the repair and reclamation flight remove a panel to inspect the component integrated flight control module located above it in order to troubleshoot a flight control system fault that has been isolated to one of four tail elevator IFCMs, causing an unsafe condition on a transient C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, Left uncorrected, the fault can cause uncommanded actuation of flight control surfaces which can cause a loss of control by the pilot. ( Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Gregory Brook)

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