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U.S. Airmen with the 100th Aircraft Maintenance repair reclamation team pose for a candid photo with 100th Air Refueling Wing leaders after demonstrating proper wheel assembly at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. The 100th ARW command team prepared washers and bolts, combined the wheelbase with the tire, and completed assembly with guidance from the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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U.S. Air Force Chief MSgt. Tiffany Griego, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, tightens bolts joining the wheelbase of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. The bolts were later torqued and checked with three different torque wrenches to ensure they are properly tightened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathaniel Morin, left, 100th Aircraft Maintenance reclamation and repair journeyman, demonstrates how to identify the correct star pattern for bolt tightening to Col. Joseph Wall, 100th Air Refueling Wing deputy commander, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. Specific tightening patterns were made to ensure proper torque and tightness on the bolts joining the two pieces of the wheel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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U.S. Air Force Chief MSgt. Tiffany Griego, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, hammers an overinflation plug into a KC-135 Stratotanker wheel at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. The plug releases air pressure when the tire comes under significant force in order to stop a tire blow-out. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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U.S. Air Force Chief MSgt. Tiffany Griego, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, puts on protective gloves before applying lubrication to bolts at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. After the bolts were properly lubricated, they were fitted with washers before being inserted in the rim of a KC-135 Stratotanker wheel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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U.S. Air Force Chief MSgt. Tiffany Griego, left, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, and Senior Airman Nathaniel Morin, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation journeyman, look at an aircraft wheel rim at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. Morin explained the star pattern used to tighten bolts between the two sides of a rim. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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Day in the Life: 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Published Oct. 8, 2024
By Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott
100th Air Refueling Wing

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England -- U.S. Airmen with the 100th Aircraft Maintenance repair reclamation team pose for a candid photo with 100th Air Refueling Wing leaders after demonstrating proper wheel assembly at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2024. The 100th ARW command team prepared washers and bolts, combined the wheelbase with the tire, and completed assembly with guidance from the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody J. A. Mott)

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