B-52 - Maintaining the fortress

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFPN)—Mechanics remove the engine ring cowl of their B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during phase maintenance at Hangar 1 here at Andersen AFB, Guam. The Airmen are deployed from the 2nd Maintenance Squadron based at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The B-52s come here from a forward-deployed location and go into phase maintenance after 300 flying hours. The $34-million hangar is the newest in the Air Force and can house any type of Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)