DLA News Archive

Tag: survival equipment

Because the F-35A kit is smaller and shaped differently than the ACES II kit, trying to fit the same cold weather components has been an opportunity to innovate for Eielson’s AFE Airmen.

April 29, 2019

Eielson Airmen prepare the F-35 for Arctic operations

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Eielson Air Force Base website — With weather dropping below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and days filled with darkness, living in Alaska during the winter months can be anything but easy. The same can be said about trying to survive in that unforgiving environment after ejecting from an aircraft.

Master Sgt. David Clark, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Operations Support Squadron in Louisville, Ky., performs routine inspection and maintenance of pilot headgear to ensure its integrity June 9, 2017. Every helmet and attachments are carefully cleaned, repaired, and tested by members of the aircrew flight equipment shop.

Dec. 31, 2017

Aircrew flight equipment team provides essential safety for flyers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 123rd Airlift Wing website — From the bottom of the pack to the top of the canopy, line by line, inch by inch, touching every seem, stitch and grommet, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Brawner, painstakingly examines a parachute for anything that might make the life-saving equipment not function properly.