Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Walker, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, welds components together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Walker was creating a spring tensioning tool that was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Kerr, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, “tacks” pieces of metal together using a welder at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Tack-welding is used as a temporary means to hold components in the proper location, alignment, and distance apart until final welding can be completed, and is done by fusing the pieces together at a single point. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Kerr, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, removes debris from a part that is being produced at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Kerr is part of the metals technology shop, which creates various tools and parts from scratch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Walker, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, grinds the edges on a piece of metal at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Walker was smoothing out a piece that was to be welded onto a spring tensioning tool that was commissioned to the metals technology shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Kerr, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, watches as a CNC Mill creates a tool at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. The CNC Mill is an equipment asset used by the metals technology shop that is able to drill and shave metal to create parts and tools. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Kerr, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, uses a chisel and mallet to punch out a part at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Kerr was working on a spring-tensioning tool commissioned by the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Metals technology shop: You need it, they build it

Published Feb. 4, 2017
By Senior Airman Miles Wilson
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Walker, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, welds components together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Walker was creating a spring tensioning tool that was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it

Metals technology shop: you need it, they build it