Air Force and Navy joint operation repairs $2.8 million aircraft tail

U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and a U.S. Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 use a Link Belt 40-ton crane to fold down the tail fin of a KC-135 Stratotanker Jan. 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen and Seabees coordinated a joint operation to replace a worn out rudder on the tail section of the aircraft.

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Air Force, Navy Joint Operation Repairs $2.8 Million Aircraft Tail

Jan 19, 2016

Camp Smith, Hi - U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and a U.S. Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 use a Link Belt 40-ton crane to fold down the tail fin of a KC-135 Stratotanker Jan. 14, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen and Seabees coordinated a joint operation to replace a worn out rudder on the tail section of the aircraft.

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