54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

UH-1N Iroquois line the 54th Helicopter Squadron maintenance hangar at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. Maintenance on 54th Helicopter Squadron’s fleet is critical, in order to provide support to 91st Missile Wing Airmen and assets in the missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, rewires an attitude director indicator at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The ADI, aka gyro horizon, is an instrument that states the orientation of the helicopter to the horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-N1 Iroquois mechanic, organizes and labels wires in the cockpit of a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The tools Smith needed for this job included wire strippers and cutters, electrical tape, a flashlight, a heat gun and wire joiners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, stands in front of a helicopter at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. Smith, along with the entire 54th HS mechanic team, are civilians with prior military service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, heats wire joiners at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The ADI, aka gyro horizon, is an instrument that states the orientation of the helicopter to the horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, installs the attitude director indicator into a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The ADI, aka gyro horizon, is an instrument that states the orientation of the helicopter to the horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, installs the attitude director indicator into a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The ADI, aka gyro horizon, is an instrument that states the orientation of the helicopter to the horizon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith’s, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, tool box rests inside a UH-1N at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The tools Smith needed for this job included wire strippers and cutters, electrical tape, a flashlight, a heat gun and wire joiners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-N1 Iroquois mechanic, organizes and labels wires in the cockpit of a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The tools Smith needed for this job included wire strippers and cutters, electrical tape, a flashlight, a heat gun and wire joiners. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

UH-1N Iroquois line the 54th Helicopter Squadron maintenance hangar at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. Maintenance on 54th Helicopter Squadron’s fleet is critical, in order to provide support to 91st Missile Wing Airmen and assets in the missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

An U.S. Air Force roundel decorates a UH-1N Iroquois at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The aircraft insignia has evolved from a single star in 1916, to its final low-visibility iteration in the 1980’s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

UH-1N Iroquois line the 54th Helicopter Squadron maintenance hangar at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. Maintenance on 54th Helicopter Squadron’s fleet is critical, in order to provide support to 91st Missile Wing Airmen and assets in the missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

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54th HS maintenance keep the Iroquois airborne

Published Jan. 19, 2017
By Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong
Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Kim Smith, 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois mechanic, rewires an attitude director indicator at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2017. The ADI, aka gyro horizon, is an instrument that states the orientation of the helicopter to the horizon. Maintenance on 54th Helicopter Squadron’s fleet is critical, in order to provide support to 91st Missile Wing Airmen and assets in the missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)