Hold onto your seat!
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Sean Haynes adjusts an F-16 Fighting Falcon's seat here Aug. 2. Raising and tilting the seat allows Airmen to perform critical maintenance behind the seat. Because the ejection seat contains explosives, Airmen must take additional safety precautions when working near it. Sergeant Haynes, an egress systems technician with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron here, is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)