Airmen assigned to the 2nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment perform final checks before installing survival kits into B-52H Stratofortress on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 14. The kits include life-saving equipment in the event of an egress to include flares, sea dye, a strobe light, tourniquet, knife and candle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)
Airman Steven Snyder, 2nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, uses a hydraulic jack to seal an aircrew survival kit on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 14. AFE Airmen must maintain and install survival kits aircrew will need if they eject over hostile territory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)
Airman 1st Class Karin Puckett, 2nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, connects a life raft bottle to a life raft on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 14. The bottle inflates the raft which is included in a survival kit aircrew need to survive in the event they eject over hostile territory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)
Airman 1st Class Todd Billow, 2nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, installs a survival kit into a Weber B-52H Stratofortress ejection seat on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 14. The kits include life-saving equipment in the event of an egress to include flares, sea dye, a strobe light, tourniquet, knife and candle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Moua)