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  • AFE Citizen Airman creates covers for unit/community

    AFE Citizen Airmen create face covers for unit/community

    As COVID-19 cases increased across the country, the demand for essential items grew, making it difficult for some to find certain personal protective equipment.Recognizing the need to continue the mission while protecting themselves and others, aircrew flight equipment Airmen from two of the 413th Flight Test Group’s geographically separated units
  • Tech. Sgt. Ronald Patton, 403rd Operation Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, shows the difference between the current anti-smoke goggles and the new anti-smoke goggles for the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which are replacing the current system that has been used for more than 20 years at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The new ASGs are an easier quick don system, that now has the eye piece and nose/mouth cover as one single piece, similar to those used by firefighters, and will be in place on the aircraft by the middle of August 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Out with the old, in with the new: Aircrew gets new anti-smoke goggles

    For more than 20 years the ASGs have been a basic four part system, until now. With innovation, the new ASGs are now a three-part system. The suspension frame itself is still made the same with the nape pad attached, while the goggles and oxygen mask portion have been upgraded.
  • Senior Master Sgt. William Kellums, the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment superintendent, sits aboard a parked C-130 Hercules aircraft with custom-made equipment bags at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 15, 2018.

    Stitching pride into the mission

    Though their chief responsibility is ensuring aircrew safety, the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop go beyond that scope by using a skill set some might not associate with a military organization – sewing.
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