Fabricating the force
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Adrian Lopez, a 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, creates a hydraulic line for a C-130 Hercules, using a tube bender here, Nov 14. The fabrication shop creates many items from scratch for all military vehicles including Army assets here. Sergeant Lopez is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)