18th CMS Airmen have 'thrust you can trust'
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zachary McAllister, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron Egress Systems apprentice, retraces precise outlines to show exactly where each tool used by Egress Airmen go Sept. 20 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen working with Egress Systems provide first rate aircrew escape system maintenance for 54 assigned F-15C and D model aircraft at Kadena. This includes arming, de-arming, removing, inspecting and installing Advanced Concept Ejection Seats (ACES II), parachutes, survival kits, and 3600 explosive batteries, initiators, detonating cords, and rockets involved in the swift and safe ejection of fighter aircrew here at Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sara Csurilla)