Suiting Up
Senior Airman Ronald Abbate, 379th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron contingency contracting officer, tries on the Explosive Ordnance Disposal 9 bomb suit with the help of Staff Sgt. Neil Gertiser, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron EOD NCOIC during Flightline Fest, Oct. 29, 2009. Flightline Fest was an opportunity to showcase 379 AEW, joint and coalition aircraft, as well as base equipment to deployed servicemembers. Airman Abbate is deployed from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Sergeant Gertiser is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Both are deployed in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)