Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, fabricates cylindrical aircraft parts on a tool room lathe, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircraft metals technology section consist of machinists and welders that are trained to use various pieces of equipment to bend, cut and combine metals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, makes adjustments on a tool room lathe, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircraft metals technology shop is trained to use various pieces of equipment to bend, cut and combine metals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, uses digital adjustments for accuracy to help fabricate aircraft parts, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 455th EMXS is the only FAA approved organization in theater authorized by Airworthiness Directorates to mount and use equipment in DoD owned and operated aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Tyler Duke, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron metals technician, tightens a clamp on a computer numerical control mill, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The CNC machine can create complex aircraft components from raw metal that would normally be impossible to make conventionally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, adjusts the dials on a tool room lathe, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Metals technology inspects, machines, and manufactures aerospace weapons systems and ground equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, fabricates an aircraft part on a tool room lathe, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Metals technology inspects, machines, and manufactures aerospace weapons systems and ground equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Got metal? Bagram's metal craftsmen

Published June 13, 2016
By Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Brandon Wilson, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, fabricates cylindrical aircraft parts on a tool room lathe, June 09, 2016, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircraft metals technology section consist of machinists and welders that are trained to use various pieces of equipment to bend, cut and combine metals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)