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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. The B-52 had its vertical stabilizer lowered in order to replace its rudder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Vertical Stabilizers are seldom taken down for maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Vertical Stabilizers are seldom taken down for maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. The crew chiefs took down the vertical stabilizers to replace the rudder. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Vertical Stabilizers are seldom taken down for maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Staff Sgt. Bryson Entendencia, a 5th Maintenance Squadron Crew Chief, operates a jackscrew at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Entendencia used the jackscrew to slowly lower the vertical stabilizer to allow the rudder control surface to be removed from the B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. The B-52 had its vertical stabilizer lowered in order to replace the rudder (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Crew chiefs assigned to the 5th Maintenance Squadron lower the vertical stabilizer on a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. The crew chiefs took turns operating the jackscrew that held the weight of the vertical stabilizer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Foster,5th Maintenance Squadron Crew Chief, inspects a B-52H Stratofortress engine at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Foster removed the engine starter for inspection and installation onto another engine, as well as detached parts of the engine to check for heat damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Staff Sgt. Christopher Ball, a 5th Maintenance Squadron Crew Chief, and Master Sgt. Michael Schaff, a 5th MXS Section Chief, inspect a B-52H Stratofortress engine at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Feb. 10, 2019. Ball and Schaff removed the engine starter for inspection and installation onto another engine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Jesse Jenny)

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Published Feb. 27, 2019
By Airman Jesse Jenny
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

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