By Naoto Anazawa, 18th Wing Public Affairs / Published June 12, 2019
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Strickland, wheel and tire technician assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, places an aircraft wheel onto a wheel clamp at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2019. The wheel and tire shop is responsible for deconstructing and building the different Aircraft Maintenance Units around the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Berry, wheel and tire technician assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, presses a bearing cup into the nose wheel at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2019. Aircraft tires must be periodically replaced so the wheel and tire shop takes those wheels, inspects and washes them so they can be reused. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Berry, wheel and tire technician assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, cleans the aircraft wheel bearings at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2019. Aircraft tires must be periodically replaced so the wheel and tire shop takes those wheels, inspects and washes them so they can be reused. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Strickland, wheel and tire technician assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, tightens the bolts on an aircraft wheel at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2019. The wheels and tires must be separated, washed and inspected before going back out to be put on an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)