Kadena AB's egress shop enhances pilots' safety

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Perla
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Perla

Kadena AB's egress shop enhances pilots' safety

by Airman 1st Class Yosselin Perla
8th Wing Public Affairs
September 16, 2021

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jozel Ortizpino, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron egress systems journeyman, inspects an F-15 Eagle ejection seat at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 13, 2021. The egress shop performs maintenance and coordination of seats, hatches and modules to make sure every component of an ejection seat is in working order.

 

 

 

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