JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Joseph Krafchak uses an arc welder to repair an aircraft maintenance stand here Aug. 2. Aircraft maintainers use the stands to perform maintenance on F-16 Fighting Falcons. Airman Krafchak, a metals technician journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Lompoc, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Joseph Krafchak turns on a welding helmet before repairing an aircraft maintenance stand here Aug. 2. The helmet protects the user's eyes automatically in response to the bright light emitted from welding. Airman Krafchak, a metals technician journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Lompoc, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Joseph Krafchak uses an acetylene torch to repair an aircraft maintenance stand here Aug. 2. Aircraft maintainers use the stands to perform maintenance on F-16s. Airman Krafchak, a metals technician journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Lompoc, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Joseph Krafchak uses an arc welder to repair an aircraft maintenance stand here Aug. 2. Aircraft maintainers use the stands to perform maintenance on F-16 Fighting Falcons. Airman Krafchak, a metals technician journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. His hometown is Lompoc, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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Published Aug. 5, 2008