Gary Hanks, 3rd Maintenance Squadron airfield equipment operator, keeps deicing fluid at the perfect temperature on the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2015. The fluid’s optimal More
The IceCam sits atop the deicing basket at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2015. The IceCam is a product created by PV Labs and contracted by the Air Force to be demonstrated before commerciali More
A static C-130 Hercules at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska's Heritage Park is prepared to be transported to Hangar 21 for refurbishment by the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Air Forc More
Airman 1st Class Lukas Johnson is an aircraft structural maintenance technician with the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The Phoenix native works with sheet metal, carbon f More
The P-38G Lightning sits inside Hangar 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 20, 2017. The Lightning has been under restoration since August 2016. This particular P-38 saw action in World War II w More
Elizabeth Maschmeyer, 3rd Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory calibration technician, calibrates a sound system at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 23, 2017. Technicians More
A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 176th Wing sits inside a hangar for a home station check at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 27, 2018. The 3rd and 176th maintenance squadrons complete an in More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Alex O'Donnell, Master Sgt. Christopher Baldwin and Tech. Sgt. Matthew Summers, of the 3rd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, consult with Senior Chief Petty Officer More
An aircraft is seen through the camera atop the deicing machine on the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2015. The camera allows the driver to see another angle to prevent striking More
The deicing truck driver controls the direction of the IceCam so the deicer in the basket can see where the ice build-up is at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2015. The IceCam is a product crea More
Airman 1st Class Lukas Johnson, an aircraft structural maintenance technician with the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, works with a C-130 Hercules leading edge training aid More
Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke dons a Tyvek suit and full-face respirator before painting the P-38G Lightning inside Hangar 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 17, 2017. Airmen are req More
Steve Reesman, 3rd Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory cold room technician, calibrates a set of gauge blocks with a gauge block comparator at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska More
Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight journeyman, and Airman Melissa Weaver, apprentice, sand the wing of a KD2R5 "Shelduck" basic training drone in Ha More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Derr (top) and Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Fleming (bottom), 732nd Air Mobility Squadron, deice an aircraft’s wing on the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. More
Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke paints a P-38G Lightning inside Hangar 21 before it can be returned to the Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 17, 2017. Steinecke is one of t More
Gauge blocks are aligned in a box at the 3rd Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 23, 2017. Gauge blocks are standards JBER uses to es More
Airman Melissa Weaver, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight apprentice, and Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke, journeyman, sand the wing of a KD2R5 "Shelduck" basic training drone in Ha More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Derr, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron avionics specialist, deices a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base on the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3 More
Air Force Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke (left) and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Torres-Zaya put the final touches on the P-38G Lightning before it can be returned to the Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich More
Airman Melissa Weaver, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight apprentice, pours primer into a paint gun canister in the "Paint Barn" Nov. 24. The Paint Barn is a large hangar for paint More
Senior Airman Austin Barbahm, 3rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Adam Babcock, 3rd MXS aerospace propulsion apprentice, perform maintenance on a C-17 Globemaster III More
Senior Airman Kurtis Steinecke, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight journeyman, carries the wing of a KD2R5 "Shelduck" basic training drone into a Hangar 21 paint room Nov. 24. Once More
Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Derr, 732nd Air Mobility Squadron avionics specialist, deices a KC-135 Refueler from Air Force Base Fairchild on the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 20 More
Airman Melissa Weaver, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight apprentice, paints the wing of a KD2R5 "Shelduck" basic training drone in a Hangar 21 paint room Nov. 24. Drones like this More
A KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base prepares to leave the flight line at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2015. When a flight is delayed, or aircraft need to taxi over an extende More