Kadena Airmen help save lives

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christina Leonard, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, begins to pack an Advanced Concept Ejection Seat II Ejection Seat Stabilizing Drouge Parachute on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 5, 2012. The parachute system is deployed during moderate and high speed ejections. The Drogue parachute system deploys immediately after the seat leaves the rail, approximately 0.16 seconds during mode two and three escape sequences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

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Kadena Airmen help save lives

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Juan Trevino, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, references a low profile flotation collar technical order on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 5, 2012. The technical order is only for the flotation collar, a flotation device designed to support air crew stranded in water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

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Kadena Airmen help save lives

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristofer Salaah, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, checks the voltage of a battery with an Aviation Life Support Equipment Tester on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 5, 2012. The ALSET Tester is a digital, lightweight, handheld multi-purpose tool used to test the voltage of different types of batteries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

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Kadena Airmen help save lives

U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Zach Gribble and Darrel Wang, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentices, inflate an E-3 Sentry Evacuation Assembly Slide on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 5, 2012. An aircraft life raft escape slide assembly is used for evacuating passengers from an aircraft and providing a floating support if the evacuation happens over water. It has an inflatable slide structure, which is connected to an inflatable boarding slide structure to define an integral unit, while each structure is still independently inflatable. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

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Kadena Airmen help save lives

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dalton McCall, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, inspects the locking ring on an Advanced Concept Ejection Seat II Recovery Parachute on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 5, 2012. The Aces II Parachute Assembly is a complete personnel parachute system configured for most fighter aircrafts' ejection seat escape system. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

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Airmen prepare parachutes, preserves lives

Published Sept. 5, 2012

Kadena Airmen help save lives

Kadena Airmen help save lives

Kadena Airmen help save lives

Kadena Airmen help save lives

Kadena Airmen help save lives