A maintainer with the 353d Special Operations Wing conducts post-flight inspections inside the wheel-well of an MC-130J Commando II at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, New Zealand, following a training sortie during exercise Teak Net 22, May 5, 2022. Training and real-world contingency deployments require a full profile of maintenance personnel to ensure aircraft readiness for high-tempo flying operations.

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Keywords: aircraft, allies, commando, ii, interoperability, maintenance, mc-130j, operations, partners, special