Airman 1st Class Adam Gibson snips pieces of sheet metal inside the 437th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop Feb. 4 to form a landing gear clip that will later be used to repair a C-17.The 437 MXS Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop performs all structural maintenance and corrosion control for all C-17s assigned to the base. Airman Gibson is an aircraft structural journeyman with the 315th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Airman 1st Class Corey Pfantz sprays a base coat onto a C-17 skin panel in the 437th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop Feb. 4. The 437 MXS Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop performs all structural maintenance and corrosion control for all C-17s assigned to the base. Airman Pfantz is an aircraft structural journeyman with the 437 MXS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

James Singletary replaces rub strips on an aileron from a C-17 wing at the 437th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop Feb. 4. Ailerons are used to steer an aircraft once it's in the air. The 437 MXS Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop performs all structural maintenance and corrosion control for all C-17s assigned to the base. Mr. Singletary is an aircraft structural journeyman with the 437 MXS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Randall Pearce creates a 437th Maintenance Squadron emblem by hand at the 437th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop Feb. 4. The 437 MXS Aircraft Structural Maintenance Shop performs all structural maintenance and corrosion control for all C-17s assigned to the base. Mr. Pearce is with the 315th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)