Staff Sgt. Chase Ward, 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics craftsman, operates the third generation of the digital aircraft link emulator in front of an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, and two older generations of DALE on Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 25, 2022. Master Sgt. Bridget Carroll created DALE seven years ago to reduce the size of RPA maintenance packages loaded onto cargo aircraft when deploying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Candin Muniz)