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Senior Airman Michael Jackson, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, uses pliers to set ripcord pins of a BA22 automatic back parachute Aug. 30, 2008, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Jackson and other aircrew life support technicians assigned to the 379th EOSS ensure reliability of life support equipment for Airmen flying missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. Airman Jackson, a native of Lynchburg, Va., is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)