1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, and U.S. Air Force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, review the technical orders for packing the low-profile parachute, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. The low-profile parachute is designed with four colors used for different purposes. There is white for snow, brown for desert, green for jungle, and a bright orange for detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, and U.S. Air force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, aircrew flight equipment specialist, review the technical orders for packing the low-profile parachute, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022.The low-profile parachute is designed with four colors used for different purposes. There is white for snow, brown for desert, green for jungle, and a bright orange for detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, looks down the channel of the low-profile parachute, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. The low-profile parachute is designed with four colors used for different purposes. There is white for snow, brown for desert, green for jungle, and a bright orange for detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, counts each fold of a parachute ensuring there are ten folds on each side, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. The low-profile parachute is designed with four colors used for different purposes. There is white for snow, brown for desert, green for jungle, and a bright orange for detection. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, packs a low-profile parachute in an ‘S’ fold pattern, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. Each stage and method of packing the canopy ensures proper deployment of the low-profile parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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U.S. Air Force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, stows suspension lines into a canopy’s deployment bag, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. Each of the 20 suspension lines has a carry weight of 750 lbs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, and Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, demonstrate the proper method of packing a pilot chute, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. The pilot chute is designed to deploy the main canopy of the low-profile parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, compresses the spring of the pilot chute for packing, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. When deployed the pilot chute springs from the pack and pulls the main canopy from the deployment bag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

Aircrew flight equipment specialists with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron pack low-profile emergency parachutes for aircrew members, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022. The low-profile parachute was designed with saving lives in mind. Each pack is outfitted with a personal lowering device for safely descending aircrew members who have landed in forest canopies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Andrew Ancona)

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1 SOSS aircrew flight equipment specialists pack life-saving parachutes

Published June 27, 2022
By Tech Sgt. Michael Charles
1s Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla --

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Gerald Rodrigues, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron training manager, instructs U.S. Air Force Airman Kennedy Salvetti, a 1st Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist, on the proper method of packing a low-profile parachute, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 14, 2022.