Air Force Senior Airman Charles Rutledge, an aircraft propulsion system journeyman with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, examines components of a B-2 Spirit engine at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 27, 2017. On average, it takes about four hours to complete an engine inspection that consists of 300 items.

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