Cryo techs: Providing the breath of life

455th Air Expeditionary Wing
Story by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez

Date: 09.11.2014
Posted: 09.11.2014 06:50
News ID: 141768
Cryo techs: Providing the breath of life

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - To help sustain the flying mission at one of the busiest airfields in Afghanistan, cryogenic technicians from the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron provide sustainable air for aircrews to breathe at high altitudes.

Cryogenic technicians work with extremely cold substances such as liquid oxygen that boils at subzero temperatures then evaporates into breathable air. The shop here supports 6,000 aircraft missions and provides more than 4,000 gallons of liquid oxygen per month.