OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Staff Sgt. Robert Brushel, of the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a detailed cleaning on the tail of a 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
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airman 1st Class Rick Wrestler, of the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, scrubs the tail end 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 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 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
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airman 1st Class Tia Phakos, of the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, shoots soap suds onto the tail end 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
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - An RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft gets hosed down in hangar five of the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility, Sept. 28. Roughly ten crew chiefs assigned to the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 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
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Airman 1st Class Jorge Martinez-Salinas, of the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a detailed cleaning inside the front landing gear cavity 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
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