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455th AEW Photos

Aircraft arresting cable – a fighter pilot’s flightline lifeline

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Marshall, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Barrier Maintenance NCO in charge, and Senior Airman Dustin Davidson, 380th ECES Barrier Maintenance technician, attach the mobile aircraft arresting system's nylon tape to the system's wire cable here Sept. 5, 2012. The MAAS is a cable and braking system placed across an end of the runway to catch fighter aircraft that are experiencing a situation where they cannot stop. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amanda Savannah)

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