Airmen ensure pilot safety
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Staff Sgt. Wesley Vinson, 2d Operational Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, repacks a drag-chute July 29. Some of AFE technician duties include inspecting, maintaining and adjusting aircrew life support and chemical defense equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, survival kits, night-vision systems, parachutes, anti-gravity suits and other types of aircrew life support and chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)(RELEASED)