Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Willson, 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-35 Lightning II crew chief, uses an infrared gun during a hot brake check for an Italian air force F-35A Lighting II assigned to the 32nd Wing, Amendola Air Base, Italy, during Astral Knight 2021 (AK21) at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 21, 2021. The infrared gun checks if the F-35’s brakes are less than 750 degrees Fahrenheit and safe to enter the hot pit.

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Keywords: -35, 21, 31, ak21, astral, fw, knight, usaf