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Air Force Reserve Command

Formation of 7 aircraft with flag on the left — AFRC News

Landing gear, check!

Staff Sgt. Greg Thompson uses a cable tension meter to check an aileron cable inside the main landing gear wheel well on an KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. He is an aircraft mechanic assigned to the 452nd Maintenance Squadron's Aero Repair Section. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

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USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

Landing gear, check!

Published April 6, 2009

USAF — USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)