AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Senior Airman Addison Schumacher, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, grinds away excess material for a face mask at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. AFE technicians manage, performs, and schedule inspections, maintenance, and adjustments of assigned aircrew flight equipment, aircrew chemical defense equipment, associated supplies, and inventories assets. Schumacher comes to Bagram from the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Technical Sgt. Rudolph Panacci, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, assembles a fighter pilot's helmet at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. AFE technicians manage, performs, and schedule inspections, maintenance, and adjustments of assigned aircrew flight equipment, aircrew chemical defense equipment, associated supplies, and inventories assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Senior Airman Addison Schumacher, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, grinds away excess material for a face mask at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. Responsible for ensuring that all flight and safety equipment is in perfect working order, the attention to detail provided by these professionals could mean the difference between life and death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Staff Sgt. Cameran Miguel, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, makes sure equipment in a pilot's survival vest is good to go at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. Members of the 457th EFS/AFE ensure that Airmen have the supplies necessary for any situation, from packing emergency items like parachutes and survival kits to maintaining regularly used items like flight helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Staff Sgt. Cameran Miguel, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, tests the charge on a battery in a pilot's survival vest at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. Responsible for ensuring that all flight and safety equipment is in perfect working order, the attention to detail provided by these professionals could mean the difference between life and death. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Senior Airman Addison Schumacher, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, grinds away excess material for a face mask at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. Members of the 457th EFS/AFE ensure that Airmen have the supplies necessary for any situation, from packing emergency items like parachutes and survival kits to maintaining regularly used items like flight helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Senior Airman Addison Schumacher, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, grinds away excess material for a face mask at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. Members of the 457th EFS/AFE ensure that Airmen have the supplies necessary for any situation, from packing emergency items like parachutes and survival kits to maintaining regularly used items like flight helmets and oxygen masks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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AFE crews ensure pilots are ready to fly

Published May 16, 2016
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Addison Schumacher, 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, grinds away excess material for a face mask at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 15, 2016. AFE technicians manage, performs, and schedule inspections, maintenance, and adjustments of assigned aircrew flight equipment, aircrew chemical defense equipment, associated supplies, and inventories assets. Schumacher comes to Bagram from the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)