379th EMS Flight services F15E's avionics remotely

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379th EMS Flight services F-15E's avionics
remotely
Everything in the cockpit is pretty much our
domain. Tech. Sgt. Henry Diogo
Enduring Freedom.  We are the only F-15
centralized repair facility in theater," said
Tech. Sgt. Henry Diogo, flight day shift
production supervisor deployed here from the 48th
Component Maintenance Squadron out of Royal Air
Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.  Avionics
systems are a collection of line replaceable
units, or LRUs, and include navigation, radar,
flight controls, heads-up displays and targeting
units. Together the LRUs affect how the F-15E
flies and operates its weapon systems. 
Everything in the cockpit is pretty much our
domain, said Sergeant Diogo, who hails from
White Plains, N.Y.  Faulty LRUs are
identified by avionics' flightline counterparts
who send the LRU to base supply requesting an
inspection. The LRU is replaced with a
serviceable unit so the mission is unaffected,
said Sergeant Diogo. Base supply forwards the
faulty LRU to the avionics flight here where
technicians inspect it, replace the necessary
components and finalize the process with a post
inspection. They then give it back to supply
where it will remain ready to replace the next
faulty unit. 
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen with the 379th
Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Avionics
Flight here apply their technical expertise to
sustain mission readiness for F-15E Strike Eagles
flying out of Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. 
The flight maintains and repairs three dozen
various avionics systems for the Strike Eagle,
which flies in a variety of roles in support of
Operation

Tech. Sgt. Henry Diogo, the F-15E Avionics
Production Supervisor with the 379th
Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, performs a
quality assurance inspection on an F-15E Strike
Eagle radar antenna Feb. 19, 2009.