86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Senior Airman Steve Rogers, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, walks across the wings of a C-130J Super Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. Rogers, an Atlanta native, was preparing the wings for a safety inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Senior Airman Steve Rogers, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, right, and Master Sgt. Shannon Hondo Smith, 86th AMXS aircraft generation section chief, left, inspect a C-130J Super Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. Rogers, an Atlanta native, and Smith, a San Antonio native, were preparing the aircraft for a safety inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Senior Airman Austin Payne, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, cleans and applies lubrication during a repair on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. Payne, a Champaign, Ill. native, was part of an 86th AMXS team that replaced a prop shaft adapter on a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Senior Airman Steve Rogers, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, tightens a bolt on a C-130J Super Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. Rogers, an Atlanta native, was preparing the wing for a safety inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Tech. Sgt. Edwin Huertas, foreground, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion shop NCOIC, and Staff Sgt. Bruce Sheatler, 86th AMXS aerospace propulsion technician, install a new part during a repair on a C-130J Super Hercules' engine on Ramstein Air Base, Germany April 21, 2014. Huertas, a Los Angeles native, and Sheatler, a Melville, Pa. native, were part of an 86th AMXS team that replaced a prop shaft adapter on a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

A group of 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technicians, ready an engine for repair on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. The 86th AMXS team replaced a prop shaft adapter on a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

A group of 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technicians, ready an engine for repair on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. The 86th AMXS team replaced a prop shaft adapter on a C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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86th AMXS Airmen maintain aircraft safety

Published April 23, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Aerospace propulsion technicians and a crew chief with the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work on repairing multiple C-130J Super Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2014. The maintainers were responsible for preparing the wing of one C-130 for a safety inspection and another for a prop shaft adapter replacement. Airmen of the 86th AMXS play a vital role in keeping Ramstein's aircraft flying and the 86th Airlift Wing's mission aloft. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)