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Barrier maintenance takes a brake, protects joint assets
170914-F-ZZ999-0050.JPG Photo By: Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase

Sep 28, 2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Russell Elliott, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron aircraft arresting system journeyman, links a chain back together with a chain puller at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 14, 2017. Airmen with barrier maintenance synced two barrier kit-12 arresting systems, which are ground-based braking systems designed for tail-hook equipped aircraft, such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon, in case of an in-flight emergency.


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