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Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, tries on ballistic armor Dec. 1, 2021, containing the prototype of a liquid-cooled plate carrier system he designed to help Airmen in the field on hot days. The Wright Brothers Institute and Air Force Research Laboratory worked together to build and test the prototype in hopes of reducing heat stress in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Yes, there’s a Munitions Flight at Wright-Patt
Senior Airman Ryan Klingbeil and Staff Sgt. Jacklyn Hill, 88th Operations Support Squadron Munitions Flight inspectors, carry an explosives crate out of a storage igloo Nov. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 88th Security Forces Squadron’s K-9 unit used the explosives to train its military working dogs. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Yes, there’s a Munitions Flight at Wright-Patt
Tech. Sgt. Bryce Bates, 88th Security Forces Squadron dog handler, loads a crate of explosives onto a truck Nov. 17, 2021, outside a storage igloo at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 88th SFS is just one of several units the 88th Operations Support Squadron Munitions Flight supports. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Senior Airman Ryan Klingbeil (right), 88th Operations Support Squadron Munitions Flight inspector, has Staff Sgt. Tyler Adams, 88th Security Forces Squadron dog handler, sign for issued explosives Nov. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Part of the Munitions Flight’s mission is to track and account for every piece of ammunition on Wright-Patt. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Staff Sgt. Jacklyn Hill and Senior Airman Ryan Klingbeil, 88th Operations Support Squadron Munitions Flight inspectors, close a large, armored door to one of the new explosives-storage igloos Nov. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The $6.5 million construction project greatly increased the squadron’s munitions capabilities while reducing its footprint. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, taxis a T-38 Talon aircraft to its parking spot Nov. 15, 2021, on the ramp at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where local Air Force ROTC cadets wait for her. Kociuba, a University of Dayton alum, talked with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Air Force ROTC Cadet Dylan Shope poses next to the cockpit of a T-38 Talon aircraft Nov. 15, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The supersonic trainer aircraft was flown to Wright-Patt by Maj. Sarah Kociuba, a 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot who visited local cadets. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets Dylan Shope (left) and Chris Davis on Nov. 15, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Kociuba, who led the three-bomber flyover at the Super Bowl in February, came back to Wright-Patt to visit with cadets from the ROTC unit she was a member of 10 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
David Mollenhauer, Air Force Research Laboratory, monitors the radio as he waits for the results of one of his team’s chucks Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. With the pumpkins landing more than a half-mile from their starting point, radios were the only effective means of keeping track. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
The Phoenix, an experimental torsion catapult, sends a pumpkin (upper left) 2,840 feet, more than a half-mile, downrange Oct. 22, 2021, during the 16th annual Pumpkin Chuck at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The members of Team ETHOS, which built the Phoenix, are from the Dayton area and most either work at or are affiliated with Wright-Patt. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Team ETHOS members watch as officials look for their pumpkin downrange Oct. 22, 2021, during the 16th annual Pumpkin Chuck at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The pumpkin was found more than a half-mile away. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Aaron Makin places a pumpkin in his catapult’s sling Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Makin’s team, Just Send It, got off to a rocky start as its first two attempts went backward; however, its third, and final, attempt went 450 feet for the Class B win. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
A team participates in the human-powered Class C category Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Four competitors would pull on the ropes of a catapult to send a gourd toward a target several hundred feet downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
A team participates in the human-powered Class C category Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Four competitors would pull on the ropes of a catapult to send a gourd toward a target several hundred feet downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Chris Hess (right) and Patrick Ernst, both with the 88th Civil Engineer Group, measure how far a pumpkin was thrown during the 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck on Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The chuck was sponsored by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Engineering Directorate as a STEM event for local schools and organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
David Mollenhauer, Air Force Research Laboratory, prepares the Phoenix for its third attempt during the 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck on Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Phoenix used the ancient Greek technique of torsion, getting its power from a bundle of twisted ropes to toss pumpkins more than a half-mile. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Pumpkin pieces and seeds fly as one lands downrange Oct. 22, 2021, during the 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)