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Wind Storm Damages Static C-47

  • Published Aug. 20, 2020
  • 914th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. --   Maj. Jared Cummings (left), 328th Air Refueling Squadron pilot; Master Sgt. Bill Ingwersen (center), 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief; Chief Master Sgt. Chris McArdle (right), 914th Mission Support Group Superintendent; and Master Sgt. Anthony Battaglia (back), 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, temporarily secure into place the rear tail rudder of a static C-47 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., on August 19, 2020. A recent wind storm caused the gust lock, which secures the rudder, to break. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)
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