• Airman 1st Class Robert Dumbeck (left), 9th Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress systems journeyman, and Tech. Sgt. Cody Clark 9th MXS aircrew egress systems craftsman, inspect an egress seat D-ring before installing a D-ring guard, Jan. 16, 2020 at Beale Air Force Base, California. When a pilot pulls the D-ring, it fires an initiator that sends gas pressure to explosives. Each of these explosives fire at different items like the lap belt, inertia reel, and foot retractors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez)

    No Margin For Error

    When a plane goes down, an egress seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an egress seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of an emergency where everything else in an aircraft fails. It is their last chance at survival, and their lives rest on the hands of aircrew egress system specialists.
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  • Chief Master Sgt. Summer Leifer (center), 16th Air Force Command Chief, sends a burst of air using an air cannon at a hybrid seismic-infrasound sensor that's being tested by Central Repair Facility Airmen at the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, Fla. Leifer and 16th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh (right/center, smiling), visited the nuclear treaty monitoring center Dec. 16, 2019 to get an up-close look at how AFTAC plays a critical role in the Numbered Air Force’s overarching intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber and electronic warfare mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)

    New 16th AF commander, command chief immerse into AFTAC mission

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  • Col. Max Pearson, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Walker, 480th ISRW command chief (right), present Senior Master Sgt. Jakob Kurtz, 480th ISRW safety superintendent, the Air Combat Command Safety Career Professional of the Year award at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Dec. 17, 2019. By understanding different aspects of every Air Force career field within the wing, Kurtz was able to identify job hazards and make the proper corrections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)

    480th ISRW SNCO wins ACC safety award

    Senior Master Sgt. Jakob Kurtz, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing safety
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