Dover AFB

Members of the 436th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire section gather bolts from a C-5M Super Galaxy nose tire July 9, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The inspection rotation on all tires has recently dropped 60 days, increasing the workload for the wheel and tire section. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adrian R. Rowan)

Dover AFB

Senior Airman Samuel Weaver, a wheel and tire journeyman with the 436th Maintenance Squadron, tags a C-5M Super Galaxy nose tire for serviceability July 9, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The inspection rotation on all tires recently dropped 60 days, increasing the workload for the wheel and tire section. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adrian R. Rowan)

Dover AFB

Staff Sgt. Wesley Stair, wheel and tire section chief with the 436th Maintenance Squadron, checks a C-5M Super Galaxy nose tire for leakage July 9, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The inspection rotation on all tires recently dropped 60 days, increasing the workload for the wheel and tire section. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adrian R. Rowan)

Dover AFB

Airman 1st Class Bradley Knapp, a wheel and tire journeyman with the 436th Maintenance Squadron, breaks down a C-5M Super Galaxy nose tire July 9, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The inspection rotation on all tires recently dropped 60 days, increasing the workload for the wheel and tire section. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adrian R. Rowan)

Inspections roll in more work

Published July 9, 2012
By Adrian R. Rowan
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The 436th Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire section only has a few members with a big responsibility -- taking care of all the tires for Dover AFB's C-5M Super Galaxy fleet.