Jets need paint too
Senior Airman Jonathon Shanley, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, covers the 4th Fighter Wing patch with a clear protective coat, one of the finishing touches before a jet is sent back to the flight line on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. July 14, 2009. It takes the Airmen in the paint barn 5 duty days to sand, prepare, mask, paint and re-mark a jet like the ones on the flight line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rae Perry)