Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Levi Amell, left, and Senior Airman Wolfgang Kimsey, aircraft structural maintenance journeymen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, take measurements for a replacement piece on an outbound flap for an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. In order to fabricate a new piece, the Airmen needed to measure the area to be replaced on the flap. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Levi Amell, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, cuts a sheet of metal using a foot shear at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. Amell needed to cut the metal to specific measurements to fit it into place on an outbound flap for an aircraft that lost a piece of metal during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Wolfgang Kimsey, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, cuts a piece of metal using a throatless shear at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. Kimsey needed to cut the metal to specific measurements to fit it into place on an outbound flap for an aircraft that lost a piece of metal during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Stephen Hunter, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, prepares to shoot rivets into a boom operator sight at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. Hunter was installing a patch onto the piece, which fits onto a KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mitchell Rogers, an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, removes old rivets from an outbound flap for an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. A piece of metal was torn off of the flap during flight, and needed to be fixed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

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Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

Published Feb. 18, 2017
By Senior Airman Miles Wilson
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Levi Amell, left, and Senior Airman Wolfgang Kimsey, aircraft structural maintenance journeymen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, take measurements for a replacement piece on an outbound flap for an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 16, 2017. In order to fabricate a new piece, the Airmen needed to measure the area to be replaced on the flap. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)