Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Riordan, 6th Maintenance Squadron metals technician, heats up a tripod jack at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 25, 2023. The heat treatment expanded the joining metal allowing the pieces to separate with ease. This new process reduced the separation time from eight hours to 20 minutes.

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