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Aircraft integrity: Inspectors ensure force stays battle ready

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Madalina Maynard, 558th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspector work leader, performs a delamination test with ultrasonic straight beam inspection to an F-15 aircraft stabilizer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 10, 2025. The nondestructive inspection determined the aircraft stabilizer honeycomb core had not separated from the skin, a process known as delamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Mather)

PHOTO BY: Joseph Mather
VIRIN: 251210-F-ED303-1004.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.66 MB
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ILCE-7M4

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FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

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40/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

1600

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Aircraft integrity: Inspectors ensure force stays battle ready

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Madalina Maynard, 558th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspector work leader, performs a delamination test with ultrasonic straight beam inspection to an F-15 aircraft stabilizer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 10, 2025. The nondestructive inspection determined the aircraft stabilizer honeycomb core had not separated from the skin, a process known as delamination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Mather)

PHOTO BY: Joseph Mather
VIRIN: 251210-F-ED303-1004.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.66 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

ILCE-7M4

LENS

FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

APERTURE

40/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

1600

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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