1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,430 I am Senior Master Zac's be with the 2 00:00:02,430 --> 00:00:04,540 one 22nd operations Support squadron 3 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,484 and I'm the superintendent for the 4 00:00:06,484 --> 00:00:07,873 aircrew flight equipment 5 00:00:07,873 --> 00:00:15,560 shop . 6 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:20,560 Aircrew flight equipment also known as 7 00:00:20,570 --> 00:00:23,370 A . F . E . Is primarily a mission to 8 00:00:23,370 --> 00:00:25,592 support the pilots that are flying with 9 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:27,537 our equipment ensuring that we can 10 00:00:27,537 --> 00:00:29,703 enhance their performance while flying 11 00:00:29,703 --> 00:00:31,092 and sustain human life . 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:37,650 Mhm . Mhm . 13 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:43,540 Our job is to provide the best 14 00:00:43,540 --> 00:00:45,450 customer service we can for them 15 00:00:45,460 --> 00:00:47,460 ensuring that when they walk out of 16 00:00:47,460 --> 00:00:49,460 here with our flight equipment they 17 00:00:49,460 --> 00:00:51,682 don't need to worry about if it's gonna 18 00:00:51,682 --> 00:00:51,680 work effectively for them . They can 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,847 rely on it you know it's going to work 20 00:00:53,847 --> 00:00:55,680 and then they can focus on their 21 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:55,350 mission . 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,700 Mhm . The pilot locker room . This is 23 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:06,620 where we keep in store all of our 24 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:08,676 flight equipment for each individual 25 00:01:08,676 --> 00:01:12,620 pilot . And as we maintain it we 26 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:14,731 come in here we get their equipment , 27 00:01:14,731 --> 00:01:16,953 we take it out into the other room , we 28 00:01:16,953 --> 00:01:19,064 do inspections on it , we maintain it 29 00:01:19,064 --> 00:01:21,231 and then it goes right back into their 30 00:01:21,231 --> 00:01:23,460 locker to be used for service and for 31 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:24,571 flight for that day 32 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,520 We inspect our flight equipment . Um 33 00:01:29,530 --> 00:01:32,230 it's assigned to us on anywhere from a 34 00:01:32,230 --> 00:01:35,160 30 day schedule up to a year schedule . 35 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,040 We inspect the helmet , the oxygen mask , 36 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:43,510 the parachute harness , the anti G . 37 00:01:43,510 --> 00:01:46,040 Suit . And then we also inspect the 38 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,207 night vision goggles that they used in 39 00:01:48,207 --> 00:01:50,373 their night flying sorties which we do 40 00:01:50,373 --> 00:01:52,590 one week a month mm hmm . 41 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:56,800 So these are the night vision 42 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,520 goggles otherwise known as N . V . Gs . 43 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,742 We also maintain these for our pilots , 44 00:02:02,030 --> 00:02:04,270 we expect them on 100 and 80 day 45 00:02:04,270 --> 00:02:07,110 frequency . So the way these work is 46 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,176 they have a bracket that attaches to 47 00:02:09,176 --> 00:02:11,210 the top of the helmet powered by 48 00:02:11,220 --> 00:02:13,170 batteries . And then they have 49 00:02:13,170 --> 00:02:15,170 adjustments just like binoculars so 50 00:02:15,170 --> 00:02:18,460 they can go in and out forward and aft . 51 00:02:18,940 --> 00:02:21,660 And you can focus each individual I and 52 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:23,882 each individual binoculars so that each 53 00:02:23,882 --> 00:02:26,070 pilot um really is customized to them 54 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:27,570 when they go fly with it . 55 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,462 What you see here is the H . E . U . 55 56 00:02:33,462 --> 00:02:35,660 P helmet . This is the helmet that's 57 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:38,820 used by our A 10 pilots and for the 58 00:02:38,820 --> 00:02:40,987 most part is used across the air Force 59 00:02:40,987 --> 00:02:43,910 and most fighter aircraft . Um It's a 60 00:02:43,910 --> 00:02:45,688 standard hard shell helmet that 61 00:02:45,688 --> 00:02:47,910 protects their head . It's got ear cups 62 00:02:47,910 --> 00:02:50,070 in it and a microphone in the mass so 63 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:52,237 they can communicate with each other . 64 00:02:52,237 --> 00:02:54,403 It's got a visor on the top of it that 65 00:02:54,403 --> 00:02:56,870 not only reduces sun glare but also 66 00:02:56,870 --> 00:02:58,981 provides wind blast protection in the 67 00:02:58,981 --> 00:03:01,037 event of an injection . And then the 68 00:03:01,037 --> 00:03:03,037 oxygen hose which connects into the 69 00:03:03,037 --> 00:03:04,426 aircraft oxygen system . 70 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:09,990 And then we're also responsible for 71 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:12,610 ensuring that the Aces to ejection seat , 72 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:15,510 parachute and certificate are repacked 73 00:03:15,510 --> 00:03:18,500 and inspected on a yearly basis . Mm 74 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:19,030 hmm . 75 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:29,700 So we also have a fabrication and 76 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:31,811 sewing room where we have the ability 77 00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:35,790 to fix and alter flight clothing . The 78 00:03:35,790 --> 00:03:37,790 G . Suit the flight suit the flight 79 00:03:37,790 --> 00:03:41,710 jacket . Yeah . And we 80 00:03:41,710 --> 00:03:43,766 also have an embroidery machine . We 81 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:45,680 typically don't make patches or 82 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,569 anything exciting with embroidery 83 00:03:47,569 --> 00:03:49,680 machine . We use it to embroider call 84 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,100 signs on the visors for our helmets . 85 00:03:56,340 --> 00:03:58,507 The other piece we do is we do aircrew 86 00:03:58,507 --> 00:04:00,618 continuation training . So if we take 87 00:04:00,618 --> 00:04:02,562 our pilots and we put them through 88 00:04:02,562 --> 00:04:04,729 refresher training to ensure that they 89 00:04:04,729 --> 00:04:07,470 know how to effectively locate use 90 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,647 their their plight equipment and their 91 00:04:09,647 --> 00:04:11,647 survival equipment that we issue in 92 00:04:11,647 --> 00:04:13,813 their survival kits and their survival 93 00:04:13,813 --> 00:04:13,690 vest . 94 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,513 The equipment that we use in our 95 00:04:22,513 --> 00:04:24,736 training room is the survival equipment 96 00:04:24,736 --> 00:04:26,680 we pack in their survival vest and 97 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,847 survival kits and that can be anything 98 00:04:28,847 --> 00:04:30,902 from signal flares to their survival 99 00:04:30,902 --> 00:04:34,000 radio to medical first aid kits , 100 00:04:34,330 --> 00:04:36,550 food packets , anything that they're 101 00:04:36,550 --> 00:04:39,030 going to be in need of if they were to 102 00:04:39,030 --> 00:04:42,890 eject in enemy hostile area or even 103 00:04:43,030 --> 00:04:44,260 here . Stateside . 104 00:04:48,740 --> 00:04:51,990 Our pilots also go through a 105 00:04:51,990 --> 00:04:55,210 12-month refresher training to learn 106 00:04:55,210 --> 00:04:57,432 injection procedures and ensure that in 107 00:04:57,432 --> 00:04:59,488 the event of emergency while they're 108 00:04:59,488 --> 00:05:01,710 flying that they rely on their training 109 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:03,766 and their muscle memory . The pilots 110 00:05:03,766 --> 00:05:05,988 themselves actually teach the refresher 111 00:05:05,988 --> 00:05:09,950 training and they 112 00:05:09,950 --> 00:05:12,020 put them through anything from a 113 00:05:12,030 --> 00:05:14,086 scenario based situations where they 114 00:05:14,086 --> 00:05:16,141 might lose their engines , they lose 115 00:05:16,141 --> 00:05:18,363 their hydraulics and they have to react 116 00:05:18,363 --> 00:05:20,474 um and make decisions in the moment . 117 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:25,590 Another portion of a fee is we assist 118 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,020 our senior personnel with survival 119 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:30,660 refresher training so we take them out 120 00:05:30,670 --> 00:05:33,410 and do refresher training for combat . 121 00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:36,860 Um Land survival water survival um in 122 00:05:36,860 --> 00:05:39,082 the event they find themselves in those 123 00:05:39,082 --> 00:05:39,060 situations