Members from the 97th Maintenance Directorate attach a new rudder to a vertical fin of a Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, May 9, 2017, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The maintainers partnered with Tinker AFB to produce the part required to repair the KC-135. This operation has happened only once in the past four years.

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