Cryogenics provides the coolest, freshest air

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  • By Senior Airman Deana Heitzman
  • 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
U.S. Air Force Airman Wesley Henderson, a fuels distribution technician with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, oversees a liquid oxygen tank refilling at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 29, 2016. Liquid oxygen tanks are refilled every three to four months and are used to produce breathable air for aviators during flight The liquid oxygen stored here is for transient aircraft, which use liquid oxygen in their breathing tanks for conversion to oxygen gas during flights. Henderson hails from Topsham, Maine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)