Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Staff Sgt. Kevin Brown hands Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood a torque wrench as Staff Sgt. Joseph Dodson stands by to complete the installation of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. It took a maintenance team two days to remove the old engine and install the new engine. The sergeants are with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Staff Sgt. Joseph Dodson stands by to assist as Airman 1st Class Louis Martens finishes installing safety wires on the engine mounts of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. Sergeant Dodson and Airman Martens are with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Airman 1st Class Louis Martens installs safety wires on the engine mounts of a KC-10 Extender engine Nov. 23 prior to installing the engine on the aircraft. Airman Martens is with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Airman 1st Class Louis Martens finishes installing safety wires on the engine mounts of a replacement engine on a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23. Airman Martens is with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood inspects the turbine blades of a damaged engine removed from a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 at a deployed air base in Southwest Asia. The engine will be sent to a depot where it will be overhauled and returned to the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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After removing a damaged engine on a KC-10 Extender, Tech. Sgt. Art Hall (from left), Tech. Sgt. Rick Baugnet and Staff Sgt. Jamie Sherwood prepare to install a new engine Nov. 23. The three sergeants are maintainers with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Maintainers from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia inspect the engine nacelle cowling of a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 after removing a damaged engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Maintainers from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia inspect the engine nacelle cowling of a KC-10 Extender Nov. 23 after removing a damaged engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

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Making an engine change in the desert

Published Nov. 28, 2007

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

Desert KC-10 Engine Change

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