Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

U.S. Airman Emma Sorrell, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, reaches for a box on a shelf at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 1, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Faith Moss, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, inspects a pair of night vision goggles at the AFE warehouse at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 1, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

A pair of night vision goggles wait to be inspected at the Aircrew Flight Equipment warehouse at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 1, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cameron Ogden, right, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, tosses a box down to Airman 1st Class Samuel Harris, AFE technician, at the AFE warehouse at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 29, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cameron Ogden, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, reaches for a box in the AFE warehouse at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 29, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

Helmets sit on a shelf at the 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment warehouse at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 29, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

U.S. Airman 1st Class Samuel Harris, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, sorts masks in the inspection room at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 29, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)

Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

Published Nov. 4, 2024
436th Airlift Wing

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- U.S. Airman Emma Sorrell, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, reaches for a box on a shelf at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 1, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Liberty Matthews)