Aircraft and Machinery Maintenance

Technicians performing maintenance on aircraft and machinery, showcasing hands-on repairs and technical work in various environments.

220801-N-UF592-1006 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 1, 2022) Machinists Mate Fireman Camden Carter, from San Diego, opens a valve on a water heater in the main laundry compartment of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while underway in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 1. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-64. AIRSTA OPS--close-up of Coast Guardsman working on aircraft in hangar (10). Hurricane Katrina

Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Bowen Kincaid, from Battle Creek, Michigan, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) engineering department, mills a replacement part in the machine shop, Oct. 18, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

Two engineers for electric trains After detecting difficulties with the electric train’s machinery use searchlights to locate and check damaged sections. In the electric train repair shop

Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Ryan M. Gonzalez, from El Paso, Texas, assigned to aircraft intermediate maintenance department on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), conducts maintenance on a small corrosion control cart while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 28, 2023. George Washington is underway conducting flight deck certification, an evaluation of the ships proficiency to safely launch and recover aircraft.

220706-N-XK047-3030PACIFIC OCEAN (July 6, 2022) - Airman Logan Clements connects multi-meter lines to a radar altimeter tester in the avionics shop aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), July 6. The altimeter troubleshoots specific aircraft equipment to prevent aviation malfunction. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

220801-N-UF592-1006 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 1, 2022) Machinists Mate Fireman Camden Carter, from San Diego, opens a valve on a water heater in the main laundry compartment of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while underway in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 1. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-14. 050904-C-3721C-148. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Santrock, 325th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection apprentice, tests a piece of a drone recovery reel at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, June 14, 2022. Santrock is using a non-destructive testing scanner to detect cracks inside of the item by emitting a vibration frequency, signaling a faulty asset.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy McCracken, 169th Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion mechanic, installs the fan drive turbine module on an F-16 engine at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, August 31, 2022.

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220630-N-YQ181-1016 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 30, 2022) - Hull Technician 3rd Class Kyle Owens, from Nampa, Idaho, brazes a drain pipe in the machine shop aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagans Hull Technicians replace and repair mission-critical tools and parts while underway. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-67. AIRSTA OPS--close-up of Coast Guardsman working on aircraft in hangar (13). Hurricane Katrina

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Ivey Phillips, 562nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, fills a grease fitting on a C-17 aircraft actuator during the build up gate at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 8, 2022. The Planned/Scheduled Depot Level Maintenance processes can be done in as little as 12 days but could also take over six months, depending on the customers requests and aircrafts condition.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy McCracken, Senior Airman Andrew Vanover, and Airman 1st Class Chris Stoudemire, all 169th Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion mechanics, tighten the bolts around the fan drive turbine module on an F-16 engine at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, August 31, 2022.

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Senior Airman Andrew Small, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron hydraulic systems journeyman, lowers the number three main landing gear strut assembly to perform maintenance on a C-5M Super Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 6, 2022. Small and other hydraulic system maintainers replaced internal seals on the strut during a repack procedure.

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220428-N-OG067-1194NORFOLK, VA. (April 28, 2022) - Machinist's Mate 3rd class Matthew Bargeron, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), cleans equipment in the forward main machinery room, April 28, 2022. Bataan is underway in the 2nd fleet area of operations. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

220907-N-JR318-1056 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 7, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Recruit, from Gowanda, New York, operates a forklift to move a tail kit guided bomb unit in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), during an ammo offload with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Sep. 7, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is operating as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interest.

221115-N-IL330-1016 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2022) - Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Marcos Lewis, from Knoxville, Tennessee, retrieves an aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) hose during an engineering training team (ETT) drill in a machinery room aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Nov. 15, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Student working on car engine

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-115. AIRSTA OPS--Coast Guardsman working on helicopter rotor in hangar (3). Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-120. AIRSTA OPS--Coast Guardsman working on helicopter rotor in hangar (8). Hurricane Katrina

Mid-adult mechanic at work

A propulsion specialist, also known as a jet engine mechanic, removes an engine during a phase inspection on Jan. 8, 2021. Phase inspections are a comprehensive maintenance action performed on F-16 Fighting Falcons after 400 flight hours.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Ken Tauer, with United Space Alliance, inspects the flow line on Columbia after the engines were removed. The inspection is the result of small cracks being discovered on the LH2 Main Propulsion System (MPS) flow liners in two other orbiters. Program managers decided to conduct inspections on Columbia before clearing it for flight on STS-107. The July 19 launch of Columbia on STS-107 has been delayed a few weeks

120201-N-DR144-024ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 1, 2012) Seaman Nicolai Laguatan, assigned to the deck department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), chips paint while performing corrosion control on a weather deck. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Bowen Kincaid, from Battle Creek, Michigan, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) engineering department, fabricates a bolt in the machine shop, April 1, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualification as part of the ships tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dawayne Harris, 86th Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, inspects an engine on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 9, 2024. During the letter check inspection, Harris and the 86th MXS engine section ran every engine through a checklist, taking note if anything was leaking, broken or worn down, and fixed it after the inspection. These routine inspections bring in every aircraft every 270 days to prevent failures while in operation.

220624-N-AO868-1074 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 24, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Ricardo Gonzales, left, from Chicago, and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) Fireman Austin Cuevas, from Waller, Texas create a gasket in a main engineering space aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56) in the Mediterranean Sea, June 24, 2022. San Jacinto is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

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BREMERTON, Wash. (June 1, 2020) Machinist's Mate Fireman Shelby Smith, left, from Boston, and Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Dean Alberstadt, from Slidell, La., perform corrective maintenance on a water pump aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance pierside in Bremerton, Wash.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jesse Tolbert, metals technology specialist with the 191st Maintenance Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, inspects fasteners on an F108 jet engine, Feb. 6, 2024 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Tolbert assisted with the installation of a new jet engine on a KC-135T Stratotanker aircraft to maintain mission availability. Air National Guard

Male technician fastening bolt with equipment in industry

110225-N-2937R-141PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 25, 2011) Fireman Kyle Byrd, assigned to the engineering department, shapes a valve plug in the machine shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

220629-N-TO573-1086 ADRIATIC SEA (June 29, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Tommy Chacon, from West Milford, New Jersey, assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, inspects the axel level of an F/A-18E Super Horne during a magnetic particle inspection in the hangar bay of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 29, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

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Franco Tortelli, 31st Transportation Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, turns brake drums on a trailer wheel to smooth out imperfections. Among other duties Mr. Tortelli is the Mechanics Shop Machinst Fabrication technician that is responsible for any project involving sheet metal. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

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Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-13. 050904-C-3721C-147. Hurricane Katrina

Spc. Jasmine Felton, a District of Columbia National Guard electronics and calibration technician within the Test Measurement Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) section, inventories mechanical tube scales at the Surface Equipment Maintenance Facilities/Combined Support Maintenance Shop at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Jan. 18, 2024. Standardized measurements ensure weapons systems from aircraft to mission-critical vehicles operate safely and effectively.

Inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician inspects and removes grease from the right-hand motor segment - one of five segments that make up one of two solid rocket boosters for the agencys Space Launch System (SLS) - in preparation for mating to the rockets right-hand aft skirt on June 24, 2020. Once the booster aft segments are mated to the two aft skirts, they will be moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking on the mobile launcher. Manufactured by Northrop Grumman in Utah, the twin boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust at launch. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and SLS as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.

Crane Army hosted a team from The Attack International Branch of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to execute a Mobile Cryptographic Installation Capability. This team ensured 500 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits from the Special Defense Acquisition Fund stockpile were correctly coded and ready to ship to two partner nations.In partnership with CAAA, USAF Global Ammunition Control Point and USAF GPS Program Office, the team ensured the weapons systems were delivered faster than the standard production timeframe. MCIC directly contributes to building partner nations' air force operational capacity by providing rapid weapons procurement. | Photo by Christy Carroll, Crane Army Ammunition Activity Public Affairs Office

A crewman works in an engineering space aboard the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39) during exercise BALTOPS '93. Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Berry, 49th Component Maintenance Squadron test cell craftsman, and Senior Airman Alex Turnage, 49th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, inspect the oil on a Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2022. The 49th CMS is composed of more than 190 personnel charged with providing top-tier engines that keep Holloman's F-16 Viper pilots in the air.

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jsc2017e111790 (08-23-2017) --- During water survival training in 2017 at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Watkins (right) works alongside instructors.

Caucasian man working in airplane hangar

221106-N-IP029-1020 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Nov. 6, 2022) Aviation Ordinanceman 3rd Class McNeal Roof, from Augusta, Georgia, mixes paint aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Ike is currently pierside at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in the maintenance phase of the optimized fleet response plan (OFRP).

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man working in the metal workshop

230222-N-NH267-1053 GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 22, 2023) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrician) Fireman Zachary Andres, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), repairs an electric submersible pump in the Gulf of Oman, Feb. 22, 2023. Paul Hamilton is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

220815-N-YP095-1013 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 15, 2022) Fireman Kenneth Smith, from Charleston, South Carolina, works on cables in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Ike is currently pierside at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in the basic phase of the optimized fleet response plan (OFRP).

220530-N-GN523-1107 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 30, 2022) Machinists Mate Fireman Apprentice David Navarro, from San Antonio, checks the lube oil in the aft oxygen-nitrogen low pressure air compressor room of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). One of the capabilities of Ronald Reagans producer room is to convert oxygen gas into liquid, providing pilots with breathable air during flight operations. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Szurlej and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Waters prepare to lift a generator engine out of it's chassis on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 9, 2022. Sometimes, engine maintenance requires the motor being pulled from the chassis it sits in.

220725-N-AO868-1139 ADRIATIC SEA (July 25, 2022) Gas Systems Turbine Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Asa Dickinson, from Cincinnati, uses a pump to remove water from the bilge in a main engine room aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) in the Adriatic Sea, July 25, 2022. San Jacinto is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colton Corder, 305th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs a wheel inspection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Aug. 26, 2022. Crew Chiefs in the Wheel and Tire Section of 305 MXS are validating their local ability to breakdown and build-up tire assemblies for the KC-46's main landing gear and nose landing gear. At the beginning of August 2022, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center authorized Main Operating Bases to stand up organic tire change capability. A four member team consisting of Crew Chiefs, Sheet Metal, and Nondestructive Inspection went to Altus Air Force Base for initial training and familiarization. By validating local ability to breakdown and build-up tire assemblies for the KC-46, the 305th MXS brings a new capability to JB MDL and will be able to improve support for the KC-46 throughout the Air Force.

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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Trevor Davenport, a machinery technician, turns a wrench while tightening a water connection on the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 12, 2024. Polar Star is en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program.

Silhouette Of Male Aero Engineer Working On Helicopter In Hangar

221210-N-PA221-1136 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 10, 2022) U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist Seaman Deontre Fisher, from Killeen, Texas, cleans a liquid coolant filtering unit (LCFU) during routine maintenance aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Scott Brantley, cyber transport technician, 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, uses an electric saw to cut wood for a chair project at U-Fix-It at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 7, 2022. The 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadrons self-help store, known here as U-Fix-It, provides material and supply options for anyone in need of supplies that range from power production and electrical to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and more. The shop provides customers and facility managers the tools to carry out mission-enhancing projects or do-it-yourself repairs.

220624-N-PA358-1043 TUNISIAN SEA (June 24, 2022) Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Deena Khalil, from Woodbridge, Virginia, sprays corrosion prevention on a forklift in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 24, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

220913-N-NX635-1067 PUGET SOUND (Sept. 13, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Bailee Magnuson from Dayton, Ohio, replaces a hydraulic pump on a T-15 hydraulic purifier aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

Mechanic in hangar repairing light aircraft, fixing tire

240130-N-UF626-1494, YORKTOWN, Va. - U.S. Navy Steel Worker Constructionman Zachary DesVergnes, from Attleboro, Massachusetts moves a pallet of ordnance to a cargo elevator aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD-21), Jan. 30, 2024. The New York was moored at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown for an ammunition onload.

Side view of maintenance engineers examining car in repair shop

International Military Students from Canada and Saudi Arabia, prepare to disassemble a diesel engine during a Diesel Systems Overhaul and Maintenance (DSOM) course, at Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School facilities located on the Stennis Space Center, Jan. 18, 2024. NAVSCIATTS is committed to interoperability by empowering our allies and partners with top-tier training and education.DSOM is an eight-week course designed to provide personnel with the knowledge and skills required of a basic diesel engine technician. Students will test their knowledge in preventative maintenance and service repair procedures, disassembly, inspection, repair, and reassembly.NAVSCIATTS is a security cooperation schoolhouse operating under Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command in support of foreign security assistance and geographic combatant commanders' theater security cooperation priorities. The international training command directly supports NSW's efforts to support collaborative

Man cleaning oil contaminated site

Print shop in Euljiro, South Korea

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rodney Alston III, 305th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs wheel maintenance at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Aug. 26, 2022. Crew Chiefs in the Wheel and Tire Section of 305 MXS are validating their local ability to breakdown and build-up tire assemblies for the KC-46's main landing gear and nose landing gear. At the beginning of August 2022, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center authorized Main Operating Bases to stand up organic tire change capability. A four member team consisting of Crew Chiefs, Sheet Metal, and Nondestructive Inspection went to Altus Air Force Base for initial training and familiarization. By validating local ability to breakdown and build-up tire assemblies for the KC-46, the 305th MXS brings a new capability to JB MDL and will be able to improve support for the KC-46 throughout the Air Force.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-55. AIRSTA OPS--close-up of Coast Guardsman working on aircraft (2). Hurricane Katrina

220624-N-AO868-1079 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 24, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Ricardo Gonzales, left, from Chicago, and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) Fireman Austin Cuevas, from Waller, Texas create a gasket in a main engineering space aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56) in the Mediterranean Sea, June 24, 2022. San Jacinto is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Army Reserve Pfc. Daniel Otten, assigned to the 390th Engineer Company, 412th Theater Engineer Command based in Chattanooga, Tenn., removes lug nuts from a Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift' tire during the first-ever Field Maintenance Level Course for the LCRTF at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 27, 2022. The LCRTF is a C-130 and CH-47 sling load transportable, 5,000-pound capacity, variable-reach, rough-terrain forklift with fork tine oscillation and side-shift cab controls.

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Mechanic taking lunch break with smartphone and coffee in workshop

Man sitting inside ship cabin vacuuming clothes, Antarctica

221024-N-EH998-1092 GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 24, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Joshua Telepo tightens bolts on an oily water separator aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) in the Gulf of Aden, Oct. 24. Nitze is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

Electronic Technician Third Class (ET3) Gregory S. Sipes hooks up equipment for calibration on board the submarine tender USS HOLLAND (AS-32). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-117. AIRSTA OPS--Coast Guardsman working on helicopter rotor in hangar (5). Hurricane Katrina

Tech. Sgt. Russell Roberts, a crew chief with the 442nd Maintenance Squadron, attaches a new integrated drive generator to the engine of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Aug. 15, 2016. The maintenance crew found debris in the sight glass of the previous IDG, which caused the engine to lose power.

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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Staff Sgt. Sgt Daniel Hubbard, 5th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, brushes excess shards away after drilling holes into stainless steel for a bomb bay door pin puller here, Aug. 31. Aircraft metal technicians design, weld, fabricate, and locally manufacture tools, for components and assemblies essential to aerospace weapon systems and related support equipment.

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The Soyuz rocket and Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft are assembled at Building 112 on the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, and Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Colmenar Viejo (Community of Madrid), 04/28/2022. San Pedro Logistics Base of the Army. Here they are in charge of the storage and logistics of uniformity, campaign material and inspection and repair of light weapons, as well as the maintenance and repair of light vehicles of the Army. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Fitzgerald, left, 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of cryogenic storage, and Tech. Sgt. Kyle Berndt, NCOIC fuels fixed facilities, fulfill an order of liquid oxygen at Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 24, 2022. Cryogenic storage is home to up to 26 thousand gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen stored at negative 297 degrees.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Gary Hardnett, 558th Aircraft Maintenance Support Squadron non-destructive tester inspector, conducts an eddy current test on bolt holes to a C-17 aircraft wing at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 8, 2022. The eddy current inspection is used to show cracks or defects in the hole.

Spc. Chris Delano and Spc. David Liu, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard, perform maintenance on chainsaws after a long day of cutting up fallen trees to make roads passable for emergency vehicles at the DPW facility in Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 10, 2013. The crew is planning to head back out and cut down a few more before the day is done.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Lanzer, Civil Engineer Maintenance, Inspection and Repair Team craftsman, inspects a low voltage circuit breaker at building 1064 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 21, 2022. CEMIRT provides Air Force-wide specialized maintenance, installation and repair support on electrical distribution systems, power production systems, aircraft arresting systems, and heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems during peacetime and emergency response operations.

Pat Brown, left, and William Vardaman, mechanical technicians with the Jacobs contracting team, perform engine maintenance on NASA's crawler-transporter 2 on March 26, 2019, in the crawler yard located in Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 area. Recent engine work included rebuilding the vehicles fuel pump assemblies and installing new oil pumps that will help minimize future wear. This is one of two crawler-transporters that carried rockets and spacecraft, including the Apollo/Saturn V and space shuttle, from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad. NASAs Exploration Ground Systems oversaw modifications and upgrades to crawler-transporter 2 so it can carry the mobile launcher and NASA's Space Launch System rocket, topped by the Orion spacecraft, to Launch Pad 39B for Exploration Mission-1.

220926-N-PI330-1009 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 26, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Jared Alfred, right, and Steelworker 2nd Class Jake Welsh, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), conduct an inventory of construction material in a supply warehouse on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 26, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

Staff Sgt. Dante Custis, 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, seats a slab of metal at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 26, 2022. The flight customizes their fabrication machines with different tools to ensure precise cuts and the desired quality of each piece.

SANTA RITA, Guam (Aug. 20, 2022) Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Garrett Byrnes and Construction Mechanic Constructionman Cody Sells, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, work together to rebuild a HMMWV transmission, at Camp Covington, Naval Base Guam, Santa Rita, Guam, August 20, 2022. NMCB 11 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theatre security cooperation in the U.S. Sixth, and Seventh Fleet areas of operation.

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