Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Staff Sgt. James Griffith, left, and Staff Sgt. David Sidatt, aircraft structural maintenance Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, perform an inspection on aircraft parts at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. Airmen with the 1st SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance shop save the Air Force more than $100,000 a year by replacing damaged parts with items fabricated in their shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Sean Ciccel, an aircraft structural maintenance craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, drills a hole into a C-130 wing flap at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. The 1st SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance Airmen construct aircraft parts for the CV-22 Osprey, AC-130U Spooky, MC-130H Combat Talon II and the AC-130J Ghostrider, keeping Hurlburt’s aircraft combat ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Sean Ciccel, an aircraft structure maintenance craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, uses a compass to measure a C-130 wing flap at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. The 1st SOMXS Airmen construct aircraft parts forthe CV-22 Osprey, AC-130U Spooky, MC-130H Combat Talon II and the AC-130J Ghostrider, keeping Hurlburt's aircraft combat ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Staff Sgt. David Sidatt, an aircraft structural maintenance Airman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, uses a cutting wheel to cut aircraft tubing at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. The 1st SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance Airmen construct aircraft parts for the CV-22 Osprey, AC-130U Spooky, MC-130H Combat Talon II and the AC-130J Ghostrider, keeping Hurlburt’s aircraft combat ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Sean Ciccel, an aircraft structural maintenance craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, uses a compass to measure a C-130 wing flap at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. Airmen with the 1st SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance shop save the Air Force more than $100,000 a year by replacing damaged parts with items fabricated in their shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Sean Ciccel is an aircraft structure maintenance craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. The 1st SOMXS Airmen construct aircraft parts forthe CV-22 Osprey, AC-130U Spooky, MC-130H Combat Talon II and the AC-130J Ghostrider, keeping Hurlburt's aircraft combat ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Sean Ciccel, an aircraft structural maintenance craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, draws a mark on a C-130 wing flap at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. The members that work in sheet metal use advanced equipment and techniques to reverse engineer and manufacture aircraft parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944

Staff Sgt. Patrick Hanrahan, an aircraft maintenance Airman with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, files down a part for a C-130 wing flap at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. Airmen with the SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance shop save the Air Force more than $100,000 a year, replacing damaged parts with items fabricated in their shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)

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Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Published May 20, 2016
By Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway and Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla -- Staff Sgt. James Griffith, left, and Staff Sgt. David Sidatt, aircraft structural maintenance Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, perform an inspection on aircraft parts at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 17, 2016. Airmen with the 1st SOMXS aircraft structural maintenance shop save the Air Force more than $100,000 a year by replacing damaged parts with items fabricated in their shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Callaway)

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces back together since 1944

Fabrication Flight: Putting the pieces together since 1944