Maintainers keep Hercules in the fight

Senior Airman Jesse Anocibar, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, removes a bolt on a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Senior Airman Nick Orchard, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, replaces a navigation light on a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Staff Sgt. Andrew Greulich, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communications navigation systems technician, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, troubleshoots a communications system on a C-130 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections.(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Senior Airman Zach Quinn, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, removes a nose armor saddle bracket near the front landing gear of a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Airmen deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, examine a nose armor saddle bracket near the landing gear of a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Senior Airman Keith Henry, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, prepares liquid oxygen to service a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)

Airman 1st Class Michael Abreu, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems technician, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, powers on a generator to test an air conditioning unit on a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2015. The 455th EAMXS is responsible for repairing and maintaining military aircraft on Bagram, as well as performing preventative maintenance inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys/RELEASED)