Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Daniels, 20th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, uses scissors to cut a protective band from a parachute at Shaw Air Force Base, , Jan. 4, 2017. The protective bands of the parachute prevent misfires in the cockpit that may cause injury to the pilot.

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