Rivet Joint
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Senior Airmen Anthony Buum (left) and Timothy Odell (right), both from the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, do a detailed cleaning in-between the lower antennas of an RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft, inside hangar five of the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility, Sept. 28. Roughly ten crew chiefs assigned to the 55th AMXS perform routine cleanings of the airframes, which often take up to eight hours to accomplish. The cleanings are part of a minor corrosion and control inspection which is followed by a full lubrication of the entire aircraft once cleaned. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger