Air traffic controllers practice emergency exit procedures

Airman 1st Class Ryan Crisp prepares to freefall down the evacuation chute during training Aug. 3, 2010, at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. Airmen Crisp is an air traffic controller with the 62nd Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman

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Photo essay: McChord air traffic controllers slide to safety

Published Aug. 6, 2010
By Abner Guzman
62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AFNS) -- Airmen practice descending from the tower here using the Baker Life Chute during evacuation training Aug. 3. The training familiarizes controllers with a secondary means of escape from the 100-foot structure.

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Air traffic controllers practice emergency exit procedures

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