 Aircrew Flight Equipment's mission is to inspect and maintain gear for mission-capable operations. AP supports the overall mission by providing life-sustaining equipment to the pilots and visitors assigned to the squadron. We have four main fighter squadrons that are responsible for helmets, harnesses, G suits, oxygen masks, and night vision goggles. And we have our main shop that is responsible for parachutes, survival kits, and OTS suits. Our equipment consists of life-saving gear that will either help the aircrew survive in friendly and not-so-friendly environments or help them breathe on the jet. We use a wide variety of tools from screwdrivers, spinning wrenches to specialize test sets like our cast tester to help inspect the G suit. We work closely with the water shops. We go to egress to pack our drope shoots in the back of our ejection seat and we work closely with supply to give us materials that we use. And we also work closely with PMEL so we have our tools calibrated. Precision is so important for AF because if we have one little tear in his parachute or a little piece of foreign object, it could mean life or death for the individual using it. One thing that most people don't know about aircrew flight equipment is that we are responsible for the aircrew contamination control area for our ACCA line. And we are responsible for decontaminating aircrew in chemical warfare situations. The best part about working in AF is being able to help our aircrew. I love them coming to me and saying, yes, my equipment works great.