LOX and load Fuels Airmen breathe life into aviation
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jerry Timmons, 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities technician, observes a liquid level gauge on a 50-gallon liquid oxygen cart at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 4, 2017. Oxygen is pressurized and cooled into a liquid state in order to transport it more efficiently from cryogenic tanks to JBER’s aircraft to provide fresh air to pilots in flight.