These blades look sharp
Senior Airman Dale McDowell (on ladder) observes as Tech. Sgt. Marty Davis places the final blades of a fan assembly back into a KC-135 Stratotanker engine after performing a 1,500-hour inspection on the aircraft Jan. 8 at an air base in Southwest Asia. After every 1,500 hours of flight time the blades are removed and inspected to ensure the engine will operate properly. The two maintainers are assigned to the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Airman McDowell is deployed from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and Sergeant Davis is deployed from McConnell AFB, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)