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Tag: liquid oxygen

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kameron Ware, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Facilities operator, tests 200 milliliters of liquid oxygen at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 2, 2018. Facilities Airmen wear protective equipment while testing liquid oxygen due to the low temperature of - 297 degrees Fahrenheit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Groening)

Oct. 23, 2018

100th LRS Fuels Facilities support flying mission

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Mildenhall website — People far and wide have seen fighter jets zipping in the skies, most recently F-18 Hornets, F-22 Raptors, and F-15 Eagles. Impressive as these aircraft may be, getting off the ground to perform training and real world missions wouldn’t be possible without RAF Mildenhall’s critical air refueling “bridge,” that allows aircraft, whether it be U.S. military or NATO allies, to deploy at a moment’s notice.

Airman 1st Class Molly Michael and Tech. Sgt. Ben Jonkman, both A-10 Thunderbolt II crew chiefs at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., service A-10s with liquid oxygen at Selfridge, Oct. 14, 2018. Michael recently completed her initial technical training and Jonkman was supervising her on-the-job training.

Oct. 15, 2018

Coolest job in the Air Force, in a manner of speaking

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Oxygen begins to boil at -297 degrees Fahrenheit and will freeze at around -361 degrees Fahrenheit — in between these two temperatures you have oxygen in liquid form. Handling liquid oxygen, also known as LOX, can be very dangerous and is done on a daily basis by the crew chiefs at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

A beaker of liquid oxygen sits filled July 27, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron has the only operational cryogenic production plant in the entire U.S. Air Force.

Aug. 27, 2018

Chill, Cryogenics has what you need

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kadena Air Basewebsite — Nearly a year ago, Kadena Air Base, Japan, opened a cryogenic production plant as part of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron. As a new plant – the only operational one in the Air Force – many may be unaware of not only its successfulness, but also its purpose.

Aug. 15, 2018

434th LRS trains in Kadena

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Grissom Air Reserve Base website — Supply, deploy, distribute, transport are the key competencies of the logistics readiness career field, and without them, the Air Force wouldn’t be able to support the generation and employment of aerospace forces across the globe.

Filled liquid oxygen carts are ready for pick-up at the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities section 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.

Jan. 10, 2018

LOX and load: Fuels Airmen breathe life into aviation

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson website — As a C-17 Globemaster III gains altitude, air pressure decreases, reducing the amount of oxygen in a pilot’s blood. If unprepared, permanent damage to vital organs can happen within minutes. To prevent this, aircrew rely upon liquid oxygen.

Nov. 20, 2017

Cooler Than Cool, LRS Airmen produce liquid oxygen at Andersen

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Andersen Air Force Base website — The U.S. Air Force has two cryogenics production plants, one of which is on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. For the last year however, the plant has been closed while undergoing repairs to be more energy efficient and bring it to mission capable status.