Airmen fuel freedom with every mission
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Bousquette, fuels management journeyman, 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron, fuels flight, Michigan National Guard, removes liquid oxygen from a 50-gallon issuing tank to a beaker at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, Nov. 2, 2025. The blue liquid oxygen is pressurized oxygen that is cooled to negative 297 degrees Fahrenheit, turning it into a boiling liquid that must warm and turn to gas before Airmen can test its purity.
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Airman 1st Class Jacob Hessen
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