U-2 maintainers boast streaking hot record

Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Huot adjusts the height of a jack under the wing of a parked U-2 "Dragon Lady." He is with the 99th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, which has a streak of more than 155 consecutive launches without a maintenance-related cancel. Airman Huot is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Leonhard)

U-2 maintainers boast streaking hot record

Senior Airman Jordan Mihm installs a pogo wheel onto the wing of a U-2 "Dragon Lady" that landed at a forward-deployed location. The wheels support the plane's long wings as it taxis. Airman Mihm is assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Leonhard)

U-2 maintainers boast streaking hot record

Airman 1st Class Justin Emmett tightens a screw on a U-2 "Dragon Lady." He is with the 99th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, which has a streak of more than 155 consecutive launches without a maintenance-related cancel. Airman Emmett is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Leonhard)

Multi-functional maintainers

Tech. Sgt. Dean DeFrank wipes down an engine after routine servicing at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, March 25, 2006. Sergeant DeFrank is a C-17 engine specialist with the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, but like everyone in his flight, when his part of the job is done he does whatever is required to keep the aircraft at a high standard of maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lara Gale)

Special delivery

Senior Master Sgt. Ted Poplarchik (right) and Master Sgt. Bruce Leehan clean up used rigging during their flight back to their deployed base Thursday, March 9, 2006. Their crew just delivered 24,000 pounds of material to three different forward operating bases miles from the Pakistan border. Sergeant Poplarchik is with 144th Airlift Squadron, Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, and Sergeant Leehan is with Oklahoma Air National Guard's 185th Airlift Squadron at Will Rogers World Airport. Both are deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

Special delivery

Pallets roll out of a C-130 Hercules near the Pakistan border Thursday, March 9, 2006. The airdrops re-supply forward operating locations surrounded by Afghan mountain ranges. The aircraft and most of its crew are from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 185th Airlift Squadron and are deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)