ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Trevor Knapp, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, reviews data prior to an aircraft inspection at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Michael Sommer, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, calibrates a Nortec 2000D+ eddy current flaw detector prior to an aircraft inspection at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. The device detects sub-surface and surface breaking cracks in the aircraft. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Trevor Knapp, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, presses a button to begin taking x-rays of an aircraft part at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - After being cleaned and painted with fluorescent penetrant, an aircraft part is inspected under ultraviolet light for flaws by Nondestructive Inspection specialists at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired before they become a larger problem. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Michael Sommer, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, uses a fluorescent penetrant to find surface defects on an aircraft part at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Michael Sommer, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, annotates the results of an aircraft inspection at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Staff Sgt. Michael Sommer, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Nondestructive Inspection journeyman, uses a Nortec 2000D+ eddy current flaw detector to inspect an aircraft?s landing gear well for cracks at RAF Lakenheath, Aug. 2, 2011. Airmen from the NDI are responsible for finding the smallest aircraft defects so they can be repaired to prevent larger problems. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany M. Deuel)