Air Force Senior Airman Travis Smith, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chief, conducts a pre-flight inspection on an RQ-4 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 20, 2018. The crew chief’s extensive list of responsibilities including for pre-, post- and thru-flight checks, and well as various inspections, allows them to fully understand their vital role, making them jacks-of-all-trades when it comes to repairing the aircraft.

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