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Story and photos by Tech. Sgt. t
TIMOTHY BOYER i
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56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs b
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Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. — Imagine driving your car A
down the freeway. You are halfway to the destination with u
only four hours left to drive when the check engine light
comes on, a tire blows and the car begins to overheat. You
pull over and look at your phone, which has no signal, and

Senior Airman Brandon Culbreath, 56th EMS wheel and A
tire team member, labels a tire to indicate it has been ti
torqued in accordance with technical data. a

Airman 1st Class Brandon McCauley, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, in- Staff Sgt. Audry Palowski, 56th EMS wheel and tire team mem
spects the grease seals of an F-35 Lightning II wheel for deterioration June 15 at Luke Air Force Base. The wheel
and tire section is responsible for disassembling, inspecting, repairing, assembling and servicing wheels for 43