Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Germain welds machine rollers at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 9, 2013.
The 2nd Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight is able to produce aircraft parts and tools from raw metal in order to support Barksdale AFBs mission of delivering precision munitions to the battlefield. Germain is assigned to the 2nd MXS fabrication flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua). Original public domain image from Flickr