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Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Senior Airman Michael Rivera and Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, configure proper rivet spacing for a new F-16 Fighting Falcon component at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy with every work order they receive to support the mission at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Senior Airman Michael Rivera, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, uses a Clecos edge grip at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The grips are used to temporarily hold two pieces of metal together to align their rivet patterns. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy with every work order they receive to support the mission at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

(From left) Airman 1st Class Hector Chavez, Senior Airman Michael Rivera and Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, configure proper rivet spacing for a new F-16 Fighting Falcon component at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. Aircraft structural maintenance Airmen attend technical school for 73 duty days at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, where they learn repair fundamentals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, calculates proper rivet spacing for a new F-16 Fighting Falcon component at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy with every work order they receive to support the mission at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

(From left) Airman 1st Class Hector Chavez, Senior Airman Michael Rivera and Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, configure proper rivet spacing for a new F-16 Fighting Falcon component at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. Aircraft structural maintenance Airmen attend technical school for 73 duty days at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, where they learn repair fundamentals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, and Senior Airman Michael Rivera, 8th MXS aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, use a pneumatic drill on a rivet pattern at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy wit4h every work order they receive to support the mission at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Senior Airman Michael Rivera, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, use a pneumatic drill on a rivet pattern at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy with every work order they receive to maintain the mission efficiency at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airmen use tools to repair an aircraft component.

Senior Airman Michael Rivera and Airman 1st Class Hector Chavez, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeymen, use a pneumatic drill on a rivet pattern at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. Aircraft structural maintenance Airmen attend technical school for 73 duty days at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, where they learn repair fundamentals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Senior Airman Michael Rivera and Staff Sgt. Mason Jury, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, configure proper rivet spacing for a new F-16 Fighting Falcon component at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2021. The Airmen apply precision and accuracy with every work order they receive to support the mission at Kunsan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)