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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Jason Kahawaiolaa, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, uses a pneumatic grinder to fabricate a metal repair plate for an F-16 Fighting Falcon here, Feb. 6. Airmen in the structures shop are responsible for body maintenance on all aircraft based here and any transient aircraft. Airman Kahawaiolaa is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Jason Kahawaiolaa, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, uses a pneumatic grinder to fabricate a metal repair plate for an F-16 Fighting Falcon here, Feb. 6. Structural maintainers can repair fighters and return them operational status in less than a day. Airman Kahawaiolaa is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)