Defenders of survival

Master Sgt. Framis Ramos (right) and Senior Airman Edward Armit, both of the 482nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, help fit Staff Sgt. Lonnie Robinson, 482nd OSS Aircrew Flight Equipment, into an aircrew torso harness before starting training on an aircrew flight equipment virtual trainer, which is used to simulate ejection procedures from an aircraft, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 22. Aircrew Flight Equipment is responsible for maintaining aircrew flight equipment such as flight helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, helmet mounted devices, aircrew night vision and other ocular systems, anti-G garments, eye and respiratory protective equipment, chemical biological protective oxygen masks and coveralls, and other types of aircrew chemical defense systems. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Nicholas Caceres)