Keeping them in the Air
Richard Murchison and Nick Nolte, jet mechanics and Air Reserve Technicians assigned to the 917th Fighter Group, torque a high pressure turbine rotor on a TF34-100A engine at the 917th Propulsion Shop on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 15, 2012. Nolte, a staff sergeant, and Murchison, a technical sergeant, are in the Air Force Reserve and is part of a team rebuilding the TF34-100A engine, which is used on A-10 Thunderbolt II jet aircraft. Personnel at the engine shop rebuilt more than 32 engines last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)