Frontier Africa TV :: Stories out of Africa

Jalalabad Airfield, Eastern Afghanistan 6th of May 2009: Pilot CW4 Gary Heyne checks on Specialist Carlos Pamplona-Bustamante as he is doing a "Daily" also called PMD (Preventive Maintenance Daily). Black Hawk helicopters undergo a stringent maintenance routine after every flight and certain intervals. For every hour in the air there are about 3 - 4 hours maintenance on the ground.