Egress prepares Falcon for inspection
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Ulises Varela, a 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress technician, raises the ejection seat of an F-16 Fighting Falcon here, Dec. 28. The pilot’s ejection seat is raised during phase inspections to check for foreign object debris. Airman Varela is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)