60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Joseph Palke, left, and Christopher Tyrrell, both 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team members, prepare to dissemble wheel bearings at the wheel and tire shop at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts wheel and tire maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Joseph Palke, right, and Christopher Tyrrell, both 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team members, disassemble wheel halves at the wheel and tire shop Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts wheel and tire maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Palke, 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, uses a wheel assembly torquing system at the wheel and tire shop at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts wheel and tire maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Joseph Palke, right, and Senior Airman Christopher Tyrrell, both 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team members, insert a wheel before using the wheel assembly torquing system at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Palke, 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, peeks through a wheel at the wheel and tire shop at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts wheel and tire maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Tyrrell, 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, prepares to assemble a wheel and tire at the wheel and tire shop at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts wheel and tire maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Carlos Ostro, 349th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, uses the eddy current nondestructive inspection method to test a C-17 Globemaster III wheel at the wheel and tire shop at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. Eddy current is used to detect surface cracks, pits, subsurface cracks and corrosion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kade Walker, 349th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive technician, uses the eddy current nondestructive inspection method to test a wheel at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. Eddy current is used to detect surface cracks, pits, subsurface cracks and corrosion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Palke, 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, prepares to take apart wheel bearings at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Palke, 60th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire team member, takes apart wheel bearings at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 14, 2022. The 60th MXS wheel and tire shop conducts maintenance services and inspections for the C-17 Globemaster and C-5M Super Galaxy. The 60th MXS also supplies completed wheel assemblies for the Pacific Air Forces region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

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60th MXS wheel and tire shop keeps the mission rolling

Published July 21, 2022
By Heide Couch
60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --