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Cannibalism ensures fleet health
Staff Sgt. Walker Hickey, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental journeyman, removes a distributor from an HH-60G Pave Hawk, 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)