Aircraft parts made to order
RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Brandon Bates, 100th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, ensures that a block of metal is set properly in a horizontal milling machine before cutting Nov. 3, 2010. Metal blocks are cut down and squared off before being cut again to make parts for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)