Moody Air Force Base

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Airman 1st Class Antonio Abney, 23rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, "whip stitches" a protective cover on an ACES II ejection seat recovery parachute container Feb. 20 here. The parachute will then be packed and placed into a Moody-assigned A-10C Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

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Twisted

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Staff Sgt. Brandon Hatfield, 23rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, performs an in-process inspection Feb. 20 here. The inspection verifies the proper sequence in the ACES II ejection seat's parachute suspension lines and must be performed by a senior craftsman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

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Close inspection

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Staff Sgt. Brandon Hatfield, 23rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, and Staff Sgt. Stephanie Mueller, 23rd OSS aircrew flight flight equipment journeyman, check the routing of an ejection seat recovery parachute's reefing line here Feb. 20 . The ejection seat is used in an A-10C Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

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Parachute shop brings Moody Airmen down to Earth

Published March 3, 2008