Air Force Senior Airman Rictaveon Greene, 86th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight non-destructive inspection journeyman, inspects part of the Barrier Arresting Kit-12 during the system overhaul at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 20, 2022. The necessary overhaul consisted of replacing four BAK-12 systems, two at each end of both runways. The BAK-12 ensures any aircraft equipped with a tailhook comes to a complete stop if a pilot is unable to land the aircraft safely on their own.

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