Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Powers, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Removes one of almost 200 nuts and bolts needed to be removed before lifting the upper fan duct on a Raptor F119-100 engine.

Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

Tech.Sgt. Daniel Powers, from Edgewater, Florida, currently assigned to the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, works on removing the upper fan duct from a F-119-100 "Raptor" F-22 engine. He is attending a 173 hour F-119 jet engine intermediate training course held at the 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14.

Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Caballero crontols hoist while Tech. Sgt. Daniel Powers checks connections prior to removal of cover. Tech. Sgt. Dan Oden, instructor for the 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14. Caballero and Powers are assigned to 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson.

Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

The F-119-100 Pratt and Whitney engine, 16.5 feet long, weighs 5000 pounds, costs 10 million dollars. Only half of the power plant for a F-22 "Raptor" fighter. Tech Sgt. Dan Oden, origionally from Anchorage, returns as a instructor for the 32nd Training Squadron, Detachment 14, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Oden has 13 years experiance with engines for F-15 and the F-22 fighters.

Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

Tech. Sgt. Dan Oden and Master Sgt. Don Arthur show students Air Force Staff Sgt Jose Caballero and Tech.Sgt. Daniel Powers, both assigned to the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, the proper steps for serviceing a Pratt and Whitney F-119-100 engine for a F-22. Oden and Artur are instructors with the 372nd Training Squadron/Detachment 14 on Joint Base Elomendorf-Richardson. The course, F-119 engine intermediate training course consists of 173 hours of classroom instruction and hands on training for students.

Field training division offers F-22 engine classes

Air Force Staff Sgt Jose Caballero, from Springfield, Massachusets, works on the F-119-100 Pratt-Whitney engine for a F-22 "Raptor" fighter. Caballero is assigned to 3rd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. He is attending a training course at the 372nd Training Squadron/Detachment 14. The class length is 173 hours, combining classroom and lab time, on the 10 million dollar engine