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Fusion splice repair passes field tests

Tech. Sgt. Harvey, 309th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance avionics technician, performs a fiber optic fusion splice repair on an F-35A Lightning II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 12, 2019. The Air Force Sustainment Center and Air Force Research Laboratory worked with the 309th Aircraft Battle Damage Repair and Expeditionary Depot Maintnenace team to field test fusion repairs on fifth-generation aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

PHOTO BY: r. nial bradshaw
VIRIN: 190912-F-OD616-1001.JPG
FULL SIZE: 4.03 MB
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NIKON D5

LENS

28.0 mm f/1.8

APERTURE

33/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

1100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Fusion splice repair passes field tests

Tech. Sgt. Harvey, 309th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance avionics technician, performs a fiber optic fusion splice repair on an F-35A Lightning II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 12, 2019. The Air Force Sustainment Center and Air Force Research Laboratory worked with the 309th Aircraft Battle Damage Repair and Expeditionary Depot Maintnenace team to field test fusion repairs on fifth-generation aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

PHOTO BY: r. nial bradshaw
VIRIN: 190912-F-OD616-1001.JPG
FULL SIZE: 4.03 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON D5

LENS

28.0 mm f/1.8

APERTURE

33/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/125

ISO

1100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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