Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Components of a pilot’s survival kit are laid out for inspections before being packed away in the main shop of the 51st Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. The main shop is responsible for maintaining all equipment installed in each aircrafts ejection seats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)

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Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Senior Airman Phillip Conley, 51st Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, inspects the lines on a parachute at the AFE main shop on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. The inspection is part of the annual periodic review of the ejection seat, pilot recovery parachute and survival kit performed by the Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)

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Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Life preservers are inflated and tested before being folded in to the pilots neck harness at the main shop of the 51st Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. The life preservers are designed to inflate automatically in the event of a water landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)

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Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Staff Sgt. Ryan Malmquist, 51st Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, repacks a pilot survival kit at the AFE main shop on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. The main shop is responsible for maintaining all equipment installed in each aircrafts ejection seats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)

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Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Anti-exposure suits await inspection in the main shop of the 51st Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. During the cold winter months, pilots are required to wear the suit in addition to their normal gear. In the event of an emergency ejection over water, the suit will insulate the pilot from the cold water increasing survival time before rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)

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Aircrew Flight Equipment, safeguarding lives

Published Feb. 4, 2016
By Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm
51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Components of a pilot’s survival kit are laid out for inspections before being packed away in the main shop of the 51st Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 26, 2016. The main shop is responsible for maintaining all equipment installed in each aircrafts ejection seats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm/Released)