F-16 - F-16 maintainers make sure curtain gets raised

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq—Tech. Sgt. Brad Smith conducts a final inspection on hook lever bolts along the sides of an F-16 Fighting Falcon cockpit. If a pilot must eject, the bolts break off, releasing the canopy. Sergeant Smith is the 510th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s aircrew egress supervisor here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham)