Airman 1st Class Blake Ruddel, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, uses clecos, or temporary fasteners, to hold two pieces of sheet metal in place on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 23, 2013. Ruddel rebuilt a rib on the right elevator panel of a B-52H Stratofortress, and then covered it with sheet metal. Ribs are essentially the foundation under the sheet metal which help form the skeletal structure of the panel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joseph A. Pagán Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Blake Ruddel, left, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, and Tech. Sgt. Adam Joyce, 2nd MXS aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, work together to drill holes in a piece of sheet metal on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 23, 2013. Blake and Joyce predrilled holes on the right elevator panel of a B-52H Stratofortress so rivets can be placed to hold the metal down. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joseph A. Pagán Jr.)
Tech. Sgt. Adam Joyce, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, places clecos in the right elevator panel of a B-52H Stratofortress on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 23, 2013. Clecos are temporary fasteners used to hold down sheet metal while holes are drilled and rivets are placed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joseph A. Pagán Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Blake Ruddel, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, cuts a piece of sheet metal on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 23, 2013. The piece of metal was fabricated to fit on the corner of the right elevator panel on a B-52H Stratofortress. The elevator panels control the up and down motion of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joseph A. Pagán Jr.)
Airman 1st Class Blake Ruddel, left, 2nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, and Tech. Sgt. Adam Joyce, 2nd MXS aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, place clecos, or temporary fasteners to a piece of sheet metal on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 23, 2013. Ruddel and Joyce work together to drill holes and place clecos in the right elevator panel of a B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joseph A. Pagán Jr.)