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    AFOTEC Team Tests New Modular Handgun System [Image 2 of 6]

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    The image shows a large industrial or aerospace testing facility interior, featuring a person suspended in a harness or suit system attached to cables and a vertical structural column. The scene appears to capture a human factors or spacesuit mobility test, with the subject in motion causing significant motion blur. The facility contains specialized lighting arrays, structural steel framework, and heavy-duty suspension rigging.

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, UNITED STATES

    12.06.2017

    Photo by Wesley Farnsworth 

    88th Air Base Wing

    A test dummy equipped with a new modular handgun system is dropped at a rate of speed on a vertical deceleration tower inside the 711th Human Performance Wing, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2017. The drop is meant to simulate being ejected from an aircraft and tests the safety and durability of the new modular handgun system when exposed to the stresses associated with ejection from an aircraft. This is the first time any service has conducted this type of demonstration to ensure a side arm is safe for aircrew to carry in ejection seat aircraft.
    (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

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    Date Taken: 12.06.2017
    Date Posted: 12.07.2017 09:41
    Photo ID: 4008278
    VIRIN: 171206-F-AV193-1011
    Resolution: 2784x3718
    Size: 3.44 MB
    Location: WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, US
    Web Views: 87
    Downloads: 10

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    Two U.S. Air Force personnel in ABU (Airman Battle Uniform) camouflage are working at a table in what appears to be a military facility or hangar. The foreground airman, identified by name tape as 'PRUITT' with Master Sergeant chevrons, is handling a pistol and ammunition. The second airman in the background appears to be reviewing paperwork.
    The image shows a large industrial or aerospace testing facility interior, featuring a person suspended in a harness or suit system attached to cables and a vertical structural column. The scene appears to capture a human factors or spacesuit mobility test, with the subject in motion causing significant motion blur. The facility contains specialized lighting arrays, structural steel framework, and heavy-duty suspension rigging.
    A flight-suited test dummy or mannequin is seated in what appears to be an ejection seat mounted on a vertical test sled or rail system inside an indoor testing facility. Water or fluid is being sprayed around the apparatus, suggesting an environmental or systems test. The facility contains industrial scaffolding, staircases, and instrumentation cables consistent with an aerospace or military test laboratory.
    A military service member in ACU/ABU camouflage uniform is closely examining a small gold-colored object, likely a bullet or coin, held between their fingers. The photo is taken from behind and over the shoulder, with the subject's face partially visible in profile. The background contains blurred military equipment.
    A group of approximately seven men pose for a photo in what appears to be a military testing or training facility. Behind them is a piece of equipment that resembles an ejection seat simulator or aerospace testing apparatus, with one person seated in it wearing a flight helmet and full flight gear. The group includes individuals in civilian clothing, military flight suits, and Air Force camouflage uniforms (ABUs).
    A U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant in ABU (Airman Battle Uniform) is assisting a pilot seated in what appears to be an ejection seat or cockpit simulator. The pilot is wearing a flight helmet with oxygen mask and olive drab flight suit with survival vest. The technician appears to be securing harness straps or survival equipment connections.

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