Forging the future, maintainers receive new equipment
Senior Airman Drake Anderson, an aircraft metals technology journeyman assigned to the 28th Maintenance Squadron, inputs instructions into a VF5 Super Speed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Feb. 22, 2017. The Super-Speed Vertical Machining Center, or the VF-5SS, allows the shop to speed up the manufacturing process and run more efficiently, as well as provides a way to test the tolerance of new aircraft parts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald C. Knechtel)