WEBVTT 00:12.609 --> 00:15.000 I'm Staff Sergeant Grace Holty and I'm 00:15.000 --> 00:18.930 an ISO crew chief . What we 00:18.930 --> 00:21.097 do is we take in an aircraft . It gets 00:21.097 --> 00:23.930 an isochronel inspection every 1800 00:23.930 --> 00:26.370 flight hours or 2 years , whichever 00:26.370 --> 00:28.592 comes first . We take it in , we change 00:28.592 --> 00:30.729 the back for tires , we inspect the 00:30.729 --> 00:32.970 axle . Generally we change them , and 00:32.970 --> 00:35.369 then from there we take all the panels 00:35.369 --> 00:38.080 off , we inspect , we find what we call 00:38.080 --> 00:40.302 gigs , which are things that need to be 00:40.302 --> 00:42.524 fixed . We annotate those , and then we 00:42.524 --> 00:46.130 lube or grease , and then we fix all of 00:46.130 --> 00:48.130 the fines , and then we put it back 00:48.130 --> 00:50.241 together . And we do back lines where 00:50.241 --> 00:52.574 we run the engines , we remove the boom , 00:52.574 --> 00:54.741 remove the ray dome , and from there . 00:54.939 --> 00:58.049 We do it all over again . On the flight 00:58.049 --> 00:59.771 line they do through flights , 00:59.771 --> 01:01.660 pre-flights , dollar sign through 01:01.660 --> 01:03.771 flights . They do lots of inspections 01:03.771 --> 01:06.000 which are very important , especially 01:06.000 --> 01:08.111 when you're launching the jet , which 01:08.111 --> 01:10.444 is more what they do . They launch them , 01:10.444 --> 01:12.556 they catch them or recover them , and 01:12.556 --> 01:14.722 then get them ready to go again . What 01:14.722 --> 01:16.722 we do is a deeper inspection . It's 01:16.722 --> 01:18.556 more of an X-ray as opposed to a 01:18.556 --> 01:22.510 general skin look over . The importance 01:22.510 --> 01:25.290 of the isochronal inspection is to 01:25.290 --> 01:28.010 prevent catastrophic happenings , to 01:28.010 --> 01:30.177 happen airborne that may not have been 01:30.177 --> 01:32.650 found during a surface level pre-flight . 01:32.849 --> 01:35.127 In addition to that , if you Google it , 01:35.127 --> 01:38.610 the average airframe life is roughly 01:38.610 --> 01:41.480 between 10 and 30 years . This girl's 01:41.480 --> 01:44.400 pushing 60 , she's up there , but it's 01:44.400 --> 01:46.122 because of not only ISO connel 01:46.122 --> 01:48.400 inspections , just general inspections , 01:48.400 --> 01:51.000 making sure we are looking at every 01:51.000 --> 01:53.800 detail to make sure she stays in the 01:53.800 --> 01:57.169 air to refuel bombers , fighters , 01:57.199 --> 02:00.199 whatever we need to make happen , we're 02:00.199 --> 02:02.790 able to make happen because of us , 02:03.309 --> 02:07.190 because of crew chiefs . Isocronel 02:07.190 --> 02:09.357 inspections are most definitely a team 02:09.357 --> 02:11.134 effort and within the hangar we 02:11.134 --> 02:14.550 currently have hydro , AR , jets and 02:14.550 --> 02:17.550 crew chiefs . We also have engine 02:17.550 --> 02:19.539 management . It's a full house . 02:21.419 --> 02:23.539 We have NDI out here . They take 02:23.539 --> 02:25.317 essentially an X-ray to the jet 02:25.317 --> 02:28.320 checking for cracks . We get into the 02:28.320 --> 02:31.720 nitty gritty of every component and 02:31.720 --> 02:33.720 make sure it's good to last another 02:33.720 --> 02:35.839 year or another 1800 flight hours for 02:35.839 --> 02:38.279 the safety of those utilizing the 02:38.279 --> 02:41.779 aircraft in air . Every minor detail 02:41.779 --> 02:45.270 matters . And every person needs to 02:45.270 --> 02:47.437 play their role for us to meet that 14 02:47.437 --> 02:50.990 day deadline . If I said I would give 02:50.990 --> 02:53.101 someone looking into this job is that 02:53.101 --> 02:55.268 it is full on you , you don't sit at a 02:55.268 --> 02:58.660 desk you need to be of the mentality 02:58.949 --> 03:02.389 that you are working for something 03:02.389 --> 03:05.589 greater than yourself and stick with 03:05.589 --> 03:06.020 that .