Spangdahlem Air Base

Fabricating the force

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Adrian Lopez, a 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, uses a metal roller to create a patch for an F-16 Fighting Falcon panel. The sheet fabrication flight creates metal pieces for all active-duty vehicles here, including Army assets. Sergeant Lopez is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Fabricating the force

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Adrian Lopez, a 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, uses a box and pan break to create a strake enclosure rib which will be used on an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The box and pan break bends metal at a ninety-degree angle helping the sheet fabrication shop meet the needs of all customers. Sergeant Lopez is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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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)

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Fabricationists making the cut

Published Nov. 14, 2007