CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Master Sgt. Willie Thomas (left), and Airman 1st Class Thomas Ryan, 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, loosen an end cap, to allign a pin for the nose end strut on a C-130W Combat Spear, here Aug. 20. This is the first time the maintenance squadron changed a nose end strut at Cannon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airmen Erik Cardenas)