Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
Tech Sgt. Matthew Dennis, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., reinstalls a drag parachute at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. Before the drag chutes are installed, they must be properly packed in order to correctly deploy when needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
Tech. Sgt. Phillip Dykes (right) assists Tech Sgt. Matthew Dennis (left), both 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., reinstall a drag parachute at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. When a drag chute is deployed upon landing, two parachutes are used. A smaller pilot chute is used to pull the bigger drag chute out of its container. (U.S.......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
Tech. Sgt. Phillip Dykes, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., lifts a drag parachute at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. After every drag chute deployment, a new one must be installed prior to take-off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
Tech. Sgt. Phillip Dykes (left), 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Ricardo Perez (right), 2nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment craftsman, both deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., lift a drag parachute at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. A drag chute is used to decelerate the B-52 Stratofortress during landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
A drag parachute on a B-52 Stratofortress deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., opens after landing at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. The B-52s arrived at RAF Fairford to conduct theater integration and flying training as a part of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) in Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 03.14.2019
A B-52 Stratofortress deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., lands on the flight line in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force (BTF) in Europe at RAF Fairford, England, March 14, 2019. Missions like the BTF in Europe are held in different geographic locations to familiarize aircrew and other Airmen with bases and operations in different Geographic Combatant Commands.......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 01.18.2018
Airman 1st Class Chris Hartford and Senior Airman Cory Neal, 2nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeymen, work together to tack a Back Automatic 21 seat style parachute at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 18, 2018. The tacking on the parachute will allow all components to be held in place until it is deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 01.18.2018
Senior Airman Cory Neal, 2nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, holds open a drag chute bag while Senior Airman Jack McDonald, 2nd OSS aircrew flight equipment journeyman, jumps to shove the chute inside the bag at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 18, 2018. The number of deployments a drag chute goes through is recorded in a book that is kept on the chute at......
