Technicians fuel wing, critical to mission
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zakkary Wiest, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron lab technician, tests fuel samples for contaminants at the base fuel lab June 3, 2014. The fuels lab performs approximately 1,100 analyses per month, vital in supporting the 7,900 local sorties and countless transient aircraft annually. Fuels specialists maintain 827,000 gallons of fuel and are inspected by the fuels lab before fuel reaches the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jesse Lopez/Released)