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  • 173rd Fighter Wing structural innovation helps keep aircraft aloft

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- For years structural maintainers have emerged as artisans of sorts, creating parts by hand, meticulously shaping them from custom wood forms and delicate hand-tool work.Gently tapping away with a small hammer, slowly giving shape to a sheet of aircraft-grade aluminum so it