Corey Sims, U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife biologist, fires a 12-gauge pyrotechnics pistol, used for nonlethal bird removal on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., June 12, 2014. Sims oversees the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program at Barksdale and helps implement wildlife damage management to reduce the number of wildlife strikes with aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Rivets and bucking bars wait to be used on a B-52H Stratofortress spoiler at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Airmen from the 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance shop repair or replace sheet metal and fix loose rivets and cracks on the B-52H Stratofortress. Repairing sheet metal locally saves repair times and costs, which allows the B-52 to complete its mission providing decisive nuclear deterrence and conventional firepower to combatant commanders for global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, uses rivets and bucking bars on a B-52H Stratofortress spoiler at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Airmen from the 2nd MXS, aircraft structural maintenance shop repair or replace sheet metal and fix loose rivets and cracks on the B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, drills a hole in preparation for a rivet at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Aircraft structures airmen are responsible for the skin of the B-52H Stratofortress, which includes paint, panel replacement and structural rib repairs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance craftsman, drills a hole in preparation for a rivet at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Aircraft structures Airmen are responsible for the skin of the B-52H Stratofortress, which includes paint, panel replacement and structural rib repairs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, uses an impact riveter at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. By using a variety of tools such as drills, rivet guns, metal shears, planishing hammers, metal brakes and English wheels to form new metal skins to replace old ones, saving replacement costs, allows the B-52H Stratofortress to complete its mission of providing decisive nuclear deterrence and conventional firepower to combatant commanders for global strike operations (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, inspects a rivet hole on a spoiler at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Sheet metal Airmen create metal parts for aircraft and other equipment when parts need to be replaced, reducing replacement part costs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)
Staff Sgt. Montez Lee, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, reviews his work on a B-52H Stratofortress spoiler at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 13, 2014. Airmen from the 2nd MXS aircraft structural maintenance shop repair or replace sheet metal and fix loose rivets and cracks on the B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland)