Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

U.S. Airman Adrian M. Hernandez, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment apprentice, uses a scot tester on an aircrew oxygen mask at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

Jamey Schafer, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, sews a liner at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

U.S. Airman 1st Class Rylan Martin, right, and Airman 1st Class Ray Wilson, left, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeymen, use a computer to inspect A-3 bags at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Arthur Fetterhoff, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, pulls a case off a shelf at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Isabella Radzik, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment journeyman, inspects an M69 aircrew mask drinking tube at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)

Always ready: 436th OSS/AFE certify aircrew equipment

Published June 4, 2025
By Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez
436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- U.S. Airman Adrian M. Hernandez, 436th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment apprentice, uses a scot tester on an aircrew oxygen mask at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 3, 2025. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as aircrew oxygen masks, parachutes, emergency escape slides and life rafts for the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)