LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Master Sgt. Rodger L. Solomon Jr., and Tech. Sgt. Michael Veale Jr., from the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron, point out parts of an F-22 engine to Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, and Staff Sgt. Tracy Anderson, command chief assistant, Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Tech. Sgt. Michael Veale Jr., from the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron, points out aspects of an F-22 engine to Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief. Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, works on the engine of an F-22 at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, loosens a bolt on the engine of an F-22 at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron while Airman 1st Class Erin Diaz and Senior Airman Justin Laraby look on Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, loosens a bolt on the engine of an F-22 at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, works on the engine of an F-22 with the help on Senior Airman Justin Laraby at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, loosens a bolt on the engine of an F-22 at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Senior Airman Justin Laraby teaches Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st Fighter Wing command chief, about a part belonging to the engine of an F-22 at the 1st Component Maintenance Squadron Dec. 10. Chief Slater toured the squadron and received a lesson on the engines while getting to know some of the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)