Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Matthew Womack, a 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, scrubs down a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica

Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams, a crew chief assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, washes a B-2, Spirit of South Carolina, during a wash Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Crew Chiefs from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to put a B-2 in a dock Aug. 27. Twenty B-2 Spirit aircrafts are assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing. The B-2's primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy's war-making potential. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

Cleanliness is next to "stealthiness"

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Crew chiefs from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to put a B-2 in a dock Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

KC97 Restoration

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Members from the 509th Maintenance and Munitions Squadron restore the protective coating on a KC 97 static display August 25. The restoration, which is required ever 5 years, is scheduled to take a month. During this time Airman will sand, repaint and perform any required sheet metal repair to the KC 97. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

KC97 Restoration

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Members of the 509th Maintenance Squadron, use a boom lift to sand the vertical stabilizer on a KC 97 static display while removing old protective coating and paint Aug. 25. Once removed members from the 509th Maintenance and Munitions Squadron will restore the protective coating, paint and perform any required sheet metal repair to the KC97 static display. The restoration, which is required ever 5 years, is scheduled to take a month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)