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Richard Timberlake, kSARIA west coast training manager, uses his company’s technology to repair a fiber optic cable during STRATO-Tech, a convention for the sustainment of the KC-135 Stratotanker, April 24, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas. Air Mobility Command, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research, and U.S. Transportation Command partnered to create an innovative testbed that keeps the KC-135 relevant and fit to fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)