Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brysen Palaroan, 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, inspects an emergency passenger oxygen system on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen use a series of numbers, lists and visual inspections to ensure the correct and functional equipment is aboard each aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Maki, 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, inspects a life raft rigid container on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen use a series of numbers, lists and visual inspections to ensure the correct and functional equipment is aboard each aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brysen Palaroan, 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, demonstrates configuring a quick don mask on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen must maintain, inspect and configure all emergency and contingency equipment aboard aircraft for the ongoing safety of aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

BA-30 parachutes hang in the aircrew flight equipment storage closet on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen must maintain, inspect and configure all emergency and contingency equipment aboard aircraft for the ongoing safety of aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Maki, left, and Senior Airman Brysen Palaroan, both 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technicians, unload an AFE case from a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen must maintain, inspect and configure all emergency and contingency equipment aboard aircraft for the ongoing safety of aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brysen Palaroan, left, and Staff Sgt. Spencer Maki, both 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technicians, stand in front of a utility truck at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen must maintain, inspect and configure all emergency and contingency equipment aboard aircraft for the ongoing safety of aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Maki, 62d Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, searches the AFE warehouse shelves for equipment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 10, 2024. AFE Airmen use a series of numbers, lists and visual inspections to ensure the correct and functional equipment is aboard each aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

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Frontline AFE: The flightline Airmen who ensure aircraft emergency equipment

Published Dec. 18, 2024
By Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle
62d Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --

Flightline aircrew flight equipment Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron continuously prepare, check and ensure the functionality of all necessary contingency aircrew equipment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Dec. 10, 2024.

These Airmen are tasked with inspecting, configuring and maintaining all aircrew emergency equipment such as: quick don masks, body armor, survival back packs, parachutes, portable emergency oxygen systems and more.

Without these dedicated Airmen, 62d Airlift Wing aircrew would be unable to execute today’s global airlift mission.