Safety Takes Flight: The Importance of Airfield Inspections
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Whitworth, 92nd Operations Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of airfield management training, uses a tool to implement a sounding process on a damaged area of the flightline at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 6, 2025. Acoustic sounding assesses the potential spread of surface damage by analyzing the sound produced when the damaged area is tapped with a rigid object. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clare Werner)