Fueling success

Airman 1st Class Jacob Brown, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, prepares a sample of fuel to be tested for contamination at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 30, 2014. The laboratory inspects and filters out foreign objects from fuel on a daily basis which is vital to successful missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Crawford)

Fueling success

Airman 1st Class Jacob Brown, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, tests fuel for contamination at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 30, 2014. The regular day of a fuels Airman is mostly comprised of off loading, inspecting and delivering the fuel to respective points on base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Crawford)

Fueling success

Airman 1st Class Jacob Brown, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Guzman, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory Non-Commissioned Officer in charge, walk down a flight of stairs after extracting a sample of fuel from one of the large holding containers at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 30, 2014. The fuels laboratory samples fuels multiple times before it is cleared to use in day-to-day operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Crawford)

Fueling success

Airman 1st Class Jacob Brown, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, places a filter on a machine that tests fuel for contamination at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 30, 2014. The fuels tested in the laboratory are used in day to day operations for the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Crawford)

Fueling success

Published May 12, 2014
By Senior Airman Andrew Crawford
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airmen from the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron work to test samples of fuel for contamination. The fuels laboratory samples fuels multiple times before it is cleared to use in day-to-day operations in both the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing.