Coalition maintainers keep C-130 in the fight
Tech. Sgt. Porfirio Bustillos (left) and Staff Sgt. Kouichi Tsunoda inspect an engine insulation blanket for cracks, holes and deterioration on a C-130 Hercules March 21 at a Southwest Asian air base. Airmen from the U.S., Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and South Korean air force's 58th Airlift Wing participated in a coalition maintenance exchange program allowing maintainers to sharpen their skills, exchange ideas, and promote closer relations among coalition air forces supporting the war on terrorism. Sergeant Bustillos is a maintainer deployed to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Sergeant Tsunoda is a maintainer from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Iraq Reconstruction Support Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Patrick Dixon)