379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair shop prepare to complete a fin fold on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. The 379th EMXS Aero Repair shop is the first of three shops the Stratotanker will see before it can begin operational tests. Once operations tests are complete the KC-135 Stratotanker is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and will resume flying missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron prepare to stablilize the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a fin fold on at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. The 379th EMXS Aero Repair shop is the first of three shops the Stratotanker will see before it can begin operational tests. Once operations tests are complete the KC-135 Stratotanker is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and will resume flying missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Senior Airman Geronimo Carino observes Senior Airman Dylan Pratt put a bolt in place on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a fin fold at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. Both Airmen are 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair journeymen deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Carino is a San Antonio native and Pratt is a Gasport, N.Y., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Senior Airman Dylan Pratt puts a bolt in place on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a fin fold at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. Pratt is a 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair journeymen deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and a Gasport, N.Y., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Senior Airman Geronimo Carino and Senior Airman Dylan Pratt tighten a bolt on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a fin fold at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. Both Airmen are 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair journeymen deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Carino is a San Antonio native and Pratt is a Gasport, N.Y., native. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hannah Landeros)

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379th EMXS Aero Repair shop conducts fin fold

Published Feb. 14, 2014
By Senior Airman Hannah Landeros
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair shop prepare to complete a fin fold on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of folding the tail of an aircraft and replacing a damaged rudder. The 379th EMXS Aero Repair shop is the first of three shops the Stratotanker will see before it can begin operational tests. Once operations tests are complete the KC-135 Stratotanker is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and will resume flying missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.