Airman Sean Hanhauser, a 366th Training Squadron electrical systems apprentice course student, climbs a telephone pole at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. Hanhauser is learning the fundementals of gaffing. A gaff being the spur on the climbing iron used to climb. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Clites)
Airman 1st Class Joe Dorsey, a 362nd Training Squadron B-52 crew chief apprentice course student, raises the lift at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. Dorsey is servicing the hydraulic fluid through the wing of the aircraft. Without hydraulic fluid the plane's flight controls, landing gear, etc. would not work properly and ultimately end in catastrophe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
An 362nd Training Squadron insturctor tests the functionality of a flight controls simulator while his students watch at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. To correctly test the flight controls the airman in the cockpit will need spotters at the correct places to see if what he is doing in the pilot's seat works properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
Airman Namell Allen, a 366th Training Squadron electrical systems apprentice course student, hangs upside down at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 5, 2018. Allen is testing his safety equipment durint the Lineman Safety Course, a course all electrical systems students must go through.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Clites)
362nd Training Squadron B-52 crew chief apprentice course students, Airman Russell Hipple, left, and Airman 1st Class Joe Dorsey work on a B-52 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 12, 2018. The students are working on servicing the aircraft's hydraulic systems, which are controlled by valves that are activated by the pilot's flight controls. Servicing the B-52 with new hydraulic fluid and making sure it has enough fluid for each trip reduces the pilot's efforts to control the plane. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
Airman Zoe Ellas, in ABUs, a 82nd Medical Group personnel member, utilizes an Alter-G treadmill to rehabilitize an injured Airman at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. The airman in the treadmill is a participant in the walk to run program which Ellas is one of the therapists to help these Airmen recover. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Clites)
Airman Eric Durant, a 362nd Training Squadron crew chief apprentice course student, checks the pressure on a training wheel at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. The students wear goggles because of the nitrogen used to regulate the pressure inside the wheels. One small cut in the tank or line could result in injury if not wearing the proper eye protection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
Staff Sgt. Andrew Peppin, a 363rd Training Squadron armament apprentice course instructor, watches as his student, Airman Raul Galvan directs a GBU-31 onto a munitions handling trailer at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 5, 2018. GBU-31 is a Joint Directed Attack Munition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Clites)
362nd Training Squadron crew chief apprentice course students make jokes while practicing removing metal panels at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 12, 2018. The training utensil that the students are working on, are the same models used in the 1960's. These contraptions test the students on how to remove basic types of aircraft panels that they could encounter in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Pedro Tenorio)
Senior Airman Lufthansa Castro, foreground, and Airman 1st Class Asia Brooks, public health Airmen from the 82nd Medical Group, perform a health food inspection the Burger King at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 11, 2018. Castro and Brooks were on a routine base-wide health inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Clites)