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Senior Airman Nathan Schroeder, aircraft metals tech- nologist journeyman, 28th Maintenance Squadron, welds a crack on a nose landing gear torsion link cover at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The cover protects hydraulic lines on the land- ing gear from damage. Fast burner photo by AirMAN 1ST ClASS JoShuA J. SEyBErT J may-June 2009 5