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455th AEW Photos

Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Vigil, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a final lookover of the blades of a KC-135R Stratotanker engine fan assembly prior to handing them to Tech. Sgt. Eric Peterson, also from the 379th EAMXS, to place back in an engine here, Jan. 8, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The fan assembly is inspected every 1,500 hours of engine run time and each of the four engines on the Stratotanker contain 44 blades in the front fan assembly. Both Sergeant Vigil and Sergeant Peterson are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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