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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan-- Airman Devin Ballesteros, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival equipment flight, inspects a pilot parachute disk July 2. For safety purposes a parachute is repacked every 180 days. The survival equipment shop repacks approximately six parachutes a week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Michael Dillon)


Safety Inspections

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan-- Airman Devin Ballesteros, 374th Operations Support Squadron survival equipment flight, inspects a pilot parachute disk July 2. For safety purposes a parachute is repacked every 180 days. The survival equipment shop repacks approximately six parachutes a week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Michael Dillon)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, demonstrates a joint airdrop cargo inspection to Japan Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters with the 401st Squadron onboard a C-130H Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, shows a joint airdrop inspection checklist to Japan Air Self-Defense Force members at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kazunori Yamamoto, 401st Squadron C-130H loadmaster, center, asks questions during joint airdrop inspection familiarization at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
(Right to left) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, demonstrates his rope-work to Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Shingo Miyagi, 401st Squadron C-130H loadmaster, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff Sgt. Daichi Kubota, 401st Squadron C-130H loadmaster, performs a joint airdrop inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during the exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, shows joint airdrop inspection procedures to Japan Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters with the 401st Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, demonstrates joint airdrop inspection procedures to Japan Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters with the 401st Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, demonstrates joint airdrop cargo inspection procedures to Japan Air Self-Defense Force members after loading heavy equipment onto a USAF C-130H Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
The rigger shop with the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron is stocked with heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016 before being loaded onto a C-130 Hercules. Yokota riggers complete the bundles and leave them to be inspected by 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspectors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tech. Sgt. Shingo Miyagi, 401st Squadron C-130H loadmaster, checks a parachute during the joint airdrop inspection familiarization at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized themselves with JAI procedures in preparation to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during the upcoming exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, shares his experiences during a joint airdrop inspection to Japan Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters from the 401st Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18, 2016. Members of JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures to prepare themselves to drop USAF’s heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during exercise Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)
Staff Sgt. Joel Powell, 374th Operations Support Squadron joint airdrop inspector, demonstrates rope work during joint airdrop inspection familiarization for Japan Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters with the 401st Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18. Members with the JASDF familiarized with JAI procedures to prepare for heavy equipment and high-velocity container delivery systems during the upcoming Red-Flag Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)