Cannibalism ensures fleet health
Staff Sgt. Walker Hickey, right, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental journeyman, hands a serviceable distributor to Senior Airman Justin Hahn, 723d AMXS E and E technician, Feb. 12, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Airmen with the 723d AMXS remove serviceable components from the ‘CANN Bird’ in order to return aircraft back to mission-capable status. A cannibalized aircraft, or CANN Bird, refers to an aircraft utilized as a temporary supply point for critical parts when lead time for those respective parts through the normal supply system/process is not sufficient enough to meet operational demands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elijah M. Dority)