NORE Sharpens Skills

Staff Sgt. Justin Releigh, a structural maintenance craftsman with the 157th maintenance group, performs an acoustical inlet disbond repair of a Pratt & Whitney PW4062 high-bypass turbofan engine during the overnight hours of Feb. 7, 2026, at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire The overnight shift was part of the 157th Air Refueling Wing’s nuclear operational readiness exercise conducted over the February unit training assembly at the base. The exercise tested the processes and skills necessary to generate and sustain aerial refueling in support of the nation’s nuclear deterrence strategy. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Elliot Boutin)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Elliot Boutin

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NIKON Z 6_2

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NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

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28/10

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1/125

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3200

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