A Look At The U.S. Air Force Is Maintaining Its Fleet Of Aircraft During The Pandemic

The 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron receives two F-15 aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Forces Lakenheath for their programmed depot maintenance at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3, 2020. US Air Force/Rodney Speed

Business Insider/Military.com: The Air Force raced F-15s across the Atlantic to pull off a tricky 'tail swap' with smaller-than-usual crews

* Two Air Force F-15 fighters based in England sped across the Atlantic in early April for maintenance under coronavirus conditions.
* The F-15s were scheduled for their programmed depot maintenance, or PDM, which often happens after roughly six years of consecutive operations, but the work had to be done with about half as many people.

A pair of F-15E Strike Eagles sprinted across the Atlantic in early April, not because they were called to war, but because they were in dire need of a tune-up all the way back in the United States.

And maintenance crews at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, were able to get the pilots back in the air with a new set of twin-engine fighters, plus an additional F-15C Eagle, in just three days flat.

Four pilots from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in England — Europe's only F-15 fighter wing — took off for the Warner Robins Logistics Complex at Robins on April 3 for a "tail swap," according to an Air Force news release.

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WNU Editor: A major overhaul in three days while keeping physical distancing. That is impressive.

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