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New Reserve crew chief also sees ‘Spirit’ of KC-46

Airman 1st Class Cuong Nguyen, 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 8 Mission Ready Airmen student, practices a pre-flight inspection on the interior of a KC-46A Pegasus Oct. 29, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Nguyen is one of four students in the first 373 TRS Mission Ready Airmen Course. The estimated 56-day course prepares students to effectively maintain and provide support for the Air Force’s newest refueling aircraft. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)
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Okie forges his way to victory

Master Sgt. Casey Cleveland, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintenance supervisor, shows off the blade he made on the bladesmithing competition show Forged in Fire Oct. 22, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)
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Okie forges his way to victory

Master Sgt. Casey Cleveland, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintenance supervisor, poses with his handmade blades Oct. 22, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cleveland recently competed on the bladesmithing competition show Forged in Fire on the History Channel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)
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Okie forges his way to victory

Master Sgt. Casey Cleveland, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintenance supervisor, displays a collection of his handmade blades Oct. 22, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cleveland recently competed on the bladesmithing competition show Forged in Fire on the History Channel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)
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Reservist takes on Air Force Marathon

Capt. Sarah Smith stands for a photo with her medal. Smith, who is a Medical Service Corps officer at the 315th Aeromedical Evactuation Squadron, finished the marathon sixth in her division at 3:56:20, at the 23rd Annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)
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Reservist takes on Air Force Marathon

Capt. Sarah Smith, a Medical Service Corps and executive officer at the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, (first on right) stands with her teammates at the 23rd Annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)
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Reservist takes on Air Force Marathon

Capt. Sarah Smith stands for a photo with her medal. Smith, who is a Medical Service Corps officer at the 315th Aeromedical Evactuation Squadron, finished the marathon sixth in her division at 3:56:20, at the 23rd Annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)
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Reservist takes on Air Force Marathon

Capt. Sarah Smith, a Medical Service Corps and executive officer at the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, (first on right) stands with her teammates at the 23rd Annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2019. (Courtesy Photo)
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Commentary: Go get my axe

Somewhere in a small city where there are far more trees than there are people, there is a man who woke up with his back against the wall. A commentary by Maj. Wayne Leneau, Jr. (Courtesy photo)
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190907-F-AU266-0037

U.S. Air Force members of the 916th Maintenance Squadron and the 916th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tow a KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (SJAFB), North Carolina, Sept. 7, 2019. The KC-135 was towed back to the fuel shop hangar on SJAFB to complete its final isochronal inspection with the 916th Air Refueling Wing.
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190907-F-AU266-0035

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Marso, Senior Airman Jordan Duncan and Senior Airman Chelsea M. Salinas, all isochronal dock inspectors with the 916th Maintenance Squadron, complete different tasks in the tire pressure check process on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 7, 2019. Prior to be moving the tires on a KC-135 must be checked with a gage for proper inflation.
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190907-F-AU266-0036

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chelsea M. Salinas, 916th Maintenance Squadron isochronal dock inspector, marks the tire with the air pressure of the tire and date on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 7, 2019. Tire pressure markings are valid for 72 hours before they have to be checked again prior to being moved.
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190907-F-AU266-0034

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chelsea M. Salinas, Senior Airman Jordan Duncan and Senior Airman Ryan Marso, all isochronal dock inspectors with the 916th Maintenance Squadron, walk to check the tire pressure on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 7, 2019. Tire pressure is checked before takeoff, after landing and any other time an aircraft is moved.
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190907-F-YM277-0092

Aircrews with the 437th Airlift Wing and 315th Airlift Wing return to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Sept. 7 after evacuating from Hurricane Dorian. C-17s from the 437th AW and 315th AW evacuated to three safe haven locations where they would be safe from damage and continue world-wide flying operations. Thirty-five C-17s are scheduled to return to JB Charleston Sept. 7-9 and continue normal operations Sept. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Megan Munoz)
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190904-F-AU266-0033

During Hurricane Dorian, in the middle of its last isochronal inspection under the 916th Air Refueling Wing, a KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flightline of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC, Sept. 4, 2019.
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190823-F-AU266-0032

U.S. Air Force members of the 916th Maintenance Squadron and the 916th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron gather to pull tools to complete inspection tasks on the KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC, Aug. 23. This is the last KC-135 isochronal inspection the members will complete prior to the 916th Air Refueling Wing’s transition to the KC-46A Pegasus.
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190822-F-AU266-0030

The KC-135 Stratotanker docks at the 916th Fuel Shop hangar for its last periodic isochronal inspection required every 24 months per Technical Order 1C-135-6WC-2.
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190822-F-AU266-0031

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Challen M. Haywood, a 916th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structure maintainer, strips the paint inside the trunnion support area of the right main landing gear on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC, Aug. 22. The paint is stripped so the trunnion area can be inspected for wear and tear in the landing gear area.
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