You can’t have a well-oiled machine without it, so without us, you can’t fly.” “I like to say the fuel is the blood of the system and all of its workings are its veins. Dakota Williamson, a 6th MXS fuel systems craftsman. “We’re well-trained and well-versed in how to do anything on the fuel system,” said Staff Sgt. Maintaining these cells takes a special group of Airmen willing and capable to contort and fit themselves into the body of this aircraft. The system is made up of massive, black bladders that hold jet fuel within the wings and run down the bottom of the KC-135 fuselage. “Tank Divers,” as the technicians of this shop are called, work day and night to ensure MacDill AFB’s aircraft are always ready to fuel the fight.įuels technicians handle all operations involving the pumps, valves, manifolds and all aspects that encompass the fuel cell, which the Tank Divers view as the heart of the aircraft. This hangar is the home of the 6th Maintenance Squadron’s fuels systems section. On a given day, peeking out of that hangar will sit a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft seemingly out of place in the considerably smaller maintenance shop, but surely, it’s in the right hands.
Central Command and MacDill Air Force Base’s traditional hangars lies a hangar originally built to house fighter jets.
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