374th CES ensures aircraft safety

A portable airfield lighting system illuminates a runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The PALS is used for emergency runways or temporary airfields. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Airmen with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron start the engine of a portable aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. Aircraft arresting systems are used for landing aircraft on short runways, emergencies involving brake failure, steering problems or other situations where aircraft cannot use the full length of the runway. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Airman 1st Class Felix Nunez and Senior Airman Ryan Mendenhall, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems technicians, prepare to operate a portable aircraft arresting system generator at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The AAS is designed to safely bring aircraft to a stop in the event of an emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Senior Airman Brandon Miller, 374th CES electrical power production journeyman, gives a signal to a portable aircraft arresting system engine operator at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. Aircraft arresting systems are used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Senior Airman Brandon Miller, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production journeyman, guides portable aircraft arresting system engine operators at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The AAS is designed to safely bring aircraft to a stop in the event of an emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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Senior Airman Brandon Miller, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production journeyman, briefs Col. Neil Richardson, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, on the capabilities of the portable aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The system, which is used in emergencies to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands, can be employed at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Senior Airman Jonathan Riley, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems technician, operates a portable aircraft arresting system engine at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The arresting gear of the system is used in the event of an emergency where a fighter or other properly equipped aircraft cannot stop on its own. A tailhook catches the cable stretched across the runway and hydraulic reels slowly bring the aircraft to a stop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

A portable airfield lighting system illuminates a runway at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. The PALS is used for emergency runways or temporary airfields. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Airmen with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron start the engine of a portable aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. Aircraft arresting systems are used for landing aircraft on short runways, emergencies involving brake failure, steering problems or other situations where aircraft cannot use the full length of the runway. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Delano Scott/Released)

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374th CES ensures aircraft safety

Published Nov. 6, 2015
By Airman 1st Class Delano Scott
374th Airlift WIng Public Affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen exercised setting up and operating a portable aircraft arresting system at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 5, 2015. The arresting gear of the system is used in the event of an emergency where a fighter or other properly equipped aircraft cannot stop on its own. A tailhook catches the cable stretched across the runway and hydraulic reels slowly bring the aircraft to a stop.