The importance of the aviator's relationship with maintainers became very evident one December afternoon in Sigonella, Sicily, while I was serving as the squadron taxi pilot. The operational tempo during this part of our deployment was high, the maintenance department was hopping, and the duty Flight Engineer (FE) and I expected to be busy with high-power turns on a couple of aircraft.

As a taxi pilot, I take pride in bringing back an up aircraft. My first taxi event of the day went well. The maintenance chief told me not to go far because another aircraft would be ...

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