1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Jason Mayfield, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance lead technician, bends sheet metal with a 90- degree grinder on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. The sheet metal, after it is molded and shaped correctly, will be used to make repairs on MC-130P Combat Shadow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Jason Mayfield, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance lead technician, uses a 90-degree grinder to bend sheet metal on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. Once the metal work is finished, the final product is used to repair MC-130P Combat Shadow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Robert McLendon, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, inspects an MC-130P Combat Shadow on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. The structural maintainers work in confined spaces to ensure the structural integrity of a MC-130P Combat Shadow is sound. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Robert McLendon, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, fixes a new stringer an MC-130P Combat Shadow on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. Aircraft structural Airmen repair damages, replace parts and inspect the structure of an aircraft 24 hours a day to keep the mission going. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Robert McLendon, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, fixes a cracked stringer MC-130P Combat Shadow on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. A stringer reinforces the structure of an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Staff Sgt. Jason Mayfield, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance lead technician, selects tools to be used on sheet metal at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 29, 2014. Mayfield creates patches to repair MC-130P Combat Shadow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey)

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1st SOEMS, not just patchwork

Published Oct. 31, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Andrea Posey
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

Hurlburt Field, Fla. -- Aircraft structural Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair damage, replace parts and inspect the structure of an aircraft 24 hours a day to keep the mission going at Hurlburt Field, Fla.