170524-F-HX008-830 An F-15E, personally flown into

170524-F-HX008-830 An F-15E, personally flown into the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex by a fighter wing commander, returns to its mission home after completing programmed depot maintenance here. A crew from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, flew the jet off the Robins flight line on May 24. Col. Christopher Sage, commander of the 4th FW, piloted the Eagle here himself on Nov. 30 as a gesture of thanks to the Robins team that keeps his unit’s fighter planes flying. The aircraft spent 164 days in PDM. It was inducted into the PDM cycle on Dec. 5 and was “sold” on May 18.
“We didn't have any issues with this aircraft, and it actually moved through the PDM process fairly well,” 1st Lt. Matt Treptau, operations officer for the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, said. “Overall, it was a good aircraft, and it released after only two functional check flights.” Treptau said three test flights are typically planned for aircraft completing PDM. The gates an F-15 passes through during PDM include in-processing, inspection, repair, buildup and operations check, and functional test flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Raymond Crayton, Jr.)