Barrier test ensures pilot, aircraft safety
Airmen remove a cable from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 19, 2017. The cable is part of the mobile aircraft arresting system, which is used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)