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Senior Airman Jacob Harpenau, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, issues tools at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. The composite tool kit section is a consolidated facility where maintainers check-out and return their tools each day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Senior Airman Jacob Harpenau, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, issues tools at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. The composite tool kit section is a consolidated facility where maintainers check-out and return their tools each day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Airman 1st Class Adrian Velasquez, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, conducts a routine safety wire main landing hubcap check on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. Crew chiefs ensure the aircraft are ready to fly at a moment’s notice so pilots can safely and effectively complete the mission.   (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Airman 1st Class Adrian Velasquez, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, conducts a routine safety wire main landing hubcap check on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. Crew chiefs ensure the aircraft are ready to fly at a moment’s notice so pilots can safely and effectively complete the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Airman 1st Class Chelsea Ecat, 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Dylan Cartwright, 15th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, install life rafts onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. The C-17 performs tactical airlift, airdrop missions, and aeromedical evacuations.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Airman 1st Class Chelsea Ecat, 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Dylan Cartwright, 15th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, install life rafts onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. The C-17 performs tactical airlift, airdrop missions, and aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Senior Airman Jacob Harpenau, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, issues tools at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2021. The composite tool kit section is a consolidated facility where maintainers check-out and return their tools each day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)