By Staff Sgt. Hillary Stonemetz, 55th Wing Public Affairs / Published November 10, 2008
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Jim Battig, an aircraft sheet metal mechanic with the 55th Maintenance Squadron, drills out rivets on a horizontal stabilizer from a B17 Bomber static display Nov. 5. The staff members from the 55th Maintenance Squadron's body shop are doing a complete frame-off restoration of this historic airframe. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Warren Darr, an aircraft structural maintainer and squadron information manager assigned to the 55th Maintenance Squadron, grinds down rivets on the horizontal stabilizer of a B17 static display aircraft in order to remove corroded sheet metal to ensure structural integrity of the historic air frame as part of a lengthy frame-off restoration. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Warren Darr, an aircraft structural maintainer and squadron information manager assigned to the 55th Maintenance Squadron, grinds down rivets on the horizontal stabilizer of a B17 static display aircraft Nov. 5 in order to remove corroded sheet metal to ensure structural integrity of the historic air frame. This effort is part of a lengthy frame-off restoration of this historic aircraft located by the SAC gate. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Walter Chapman, an aircraft sheet metal technician with the 55th Maintenance Squadron, works on the access panel of a B17 Horizontal stabilizer Nov. 5. All the corroded metal was replaced and primed as part of a lengthy frame-off restoration on this historic air frame located near the SAC gate here. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Walter Chapman, an aircraft sheet metal technician with the 55th Maintenance Squadron, works on the access panel of a B17 horizontal stabilizer Nov. 5. All thel corroded metal was replaced and primed as part of a lengthy frame-off restoration on this historic air frame located near the SAC gate here. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- Walter Chapman, an aircraft sheet metal technician with the 55th Maintenance Squadron, works on the access panel of a B17 horizontal stabilizer Nov. 5. The corroded metal was replaced and primed as part of a lengthy frame-off restoration on this historic air frame located near the SAC gate here. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger