Air Force Senior Airman Kristopher Cyr, 49th Equipment Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection journeyman, performs a magnetic particle inspection on a piece of an aircraft at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 12, 2022. The use of magnetic particles helps indicate discrepancies on aircraft parts by creating a strong magnetic pole around the area that is broken.

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