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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Staff Sgt. Nadine Muro, 5th Maintenance Squadron, non-destructive inspection (NDI) non-commissioned officer in charge, examines an x-ray film strip of B-52H Stratofortress parts to track internal cracks and discontinuities within the parts here Aug. 31. NDI is the examination of aerospace weapon systems components and support equipment for structural integrity using nondestructive inspection methods and fluid analysis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jesse Lopez)

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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Staff Sgt. Sgt Daniel Hubbard, 5th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, brushes excess shards away after drilling holes into stainless steel for a bomb bay door pin puller here Aug. 31. Aircraft metal technicians design, weld, fabricate, and locally manufacture tools, for components and assemblies essential to aerospace weapon systems and related support equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jesse Lopez)

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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Staff Sgt. Daniel Hubbard, 5th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, turns down aluminum on a lathe for local tool here Aug. 31. Aircraft metal technicians design, weld, fabricate, and locally manufacture tools, for components and assemblies essential to aerospace weapon systems and related support equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jesse Lopez)

Metal-fab shop keeps planes in the air

Published Sept. 1, 2009
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Aircraft metal technicians design, weld, fabricate, and locally manufacture tools, for components and assemblies essential to aerospace weapon systems and related support equipment.