
Jesse Cummings connects the data feed cable from the air combat maneuvering instrumentation pod to an F-16 Fighting Falcon as Staff Sgt. Richard Martinez stands ready to close the panel Dec. 5 at Green Flag East at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The ACMI pod transmits real-time 3-D flight data that is superimposed over a moving map providing better situational awareness to the battlefield commander. Mr. Cummings is the site manager for Bering Sea Eccotech. Sergeant Martinez is a 140th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft weapons specialist with the Colorado Air National Guard from Buckley AFB, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Nimmo Sr.)