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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), installs a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Clayton Carver both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), make adjustments to a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile after loading it into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Clayton Carver, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), installs a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Landon Favors both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), load a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile onto a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Landon Favors both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), load a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile onto a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Landon Favors, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), checks the safety pins on a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile attached to the wing pylon of aUSAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Beldin (left) and USAF SSGT Landon Favors both Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), installs a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Varney, a Weapons Loader with the 510th Fighter Squadron (FS), checks the fins of an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (AIM-120) before it is loaded onto an aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Christopher L. Rice, Weapons Loader, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), performs last checks on the fuel port of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at the end of the taxiway before the aircraft enters the Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, runway

US Air Force (USAF) Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), make final inspections on Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missiles, after loading them into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Andersen Air Base

State: Guam (GU)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Christina M. Rumsey, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Weapons Bay, Usaf B 52 H Stratofortress Aircraft, Conventional

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Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Co-Pilot of the RCAF CP-140 Aurora (P-3 Orion) aircraft, 407th Maritime Patrol Squadron, 19th Wing, Comax, British Columbia, looks for signs of submarines after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The CP-140 Aurora (P-3 Orion) aircraft are used on long distance surveillance, interdiction missions and submarine warfare. The aircraft and crew are participating in the Joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003. The exercise is a joint endeavor including forces from the US, Canada, and Australia

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shane Cronin videos members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) unloading cargo from a JASDF C-130 Hercules during Exercise COPE NORTH at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

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A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis onto the flightline at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), in support of exercise Coronet Bugle 49. The B-2 is deployed to Anderson from Whiteman AFB, Missouri (MO)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Landon Favors, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), checks the safety pins on a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile attached to the wing pylon of aUSAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from HMH-463 Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, that was disassembled so it could be transported to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, waits to be put back together during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001 at Anderson Air Force Base. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Cramer, a weapons loader

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US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Donald Nesbitt (left), 325th Bomb Squadron B-2 Bomber Pilot, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), is interviewed by Mr. Jon Anderson (right), a radio host with News Talk Radio K57, Guam, while he is TDY to Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), participating in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of Air Combat Commands (ACC) ongoing Global Power mission

Members of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), wearing nuclear biological chemical (NBC) protective gear, participate in the decontamination of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

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