Maintainers keep the birds flying
Airman 1st Class Jeremy Mestas, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, removes grudge from a KC-135 wheel at a Southwest Asia air base Feb 13. Airman Mestas completely breaks down, inspects, and rebuilds aircraft wheels in less than 3 hours . He is from Las Vegas, Nev. deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Johnny L. Saldivar)