Arresting development

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Tech. Sgt. Emmanuel Ramirez lays out the turn buckles and spacers before driving four-foot stakes into the ground to prevent the arresting barrier system from shifting during an emergency landing March 12 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The system is composed of a cable stretched out across the runway attached to a braking system that brings fighter aircraft to a smooth halt during emergency landings. Sergeant Ramirez is a 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron power production technician deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)