Protecting aircrew
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dain Boelter and Airman 1st Class Joshua Jenkins work on aircrew flight equipment in the 333rd Fighter Squadron’s AFE shop on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., May 1, 2012. Airmen in the AFE shop are responsible for inspecting, repairing and building flight equipment used by aircrew members to include helmets, parachutes and ejector seats. Boelter, 4th Operations Support Squadron AFE journeyman, is from Mendota Heights, Minn. Jenkins, 4th OSS AFE apprentice, hails from Detroit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Nieves Camacho/Released)