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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nathaniel R. Terry (left), Crewchief, with USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Christopher L. Rice, Weapons Loader, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), pull pins and perform last checks of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at the end of the taxiway before the aircraft enters the Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, runway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Karolina Gmyrek, USAF Release Status More

An A/S 32K-1 short airfield for tactical support (SATS) weapons loader operated by Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 14 (H&MS-14)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Rozalyn Dorsey Release Status: More

Munitions personnel use a weapons loader to load missiles into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Buster Kellum Release Status: More

Munitions personnel use a weapons loader to down-load missiles from a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O More

A ground crewman uses a weapons loader to position a bomb rack underneath the wing of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Edgardo Martinez Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

Airmen from the 69th Aircraft Maintenance Unit use an MJ-1 weapons loader as they load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto a wing pylon on a 347th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Thomas M. Perry Release Status: Rel More

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron use a weapons loader to move an inert AGM-69A Short Range Attack Missile (SRAM) from underneath a B-1B bomber aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Kit Thompson Release Status: Re More

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron roll a weapons loader into place beneath a B-1B bomber aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kit Thompson Release Status: Released More

Munitions crew members use an MJ1 weapons loader to remove Durandal bombs from their crates. The French-developed Durandal, which optimizes its angle of attack after release to prevent ricochets and then accelerates rapidly, is intended for prolonged disabling of enemy runways and other targets in which the effects of deep bomb penetration will maximize damage

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Upper Heyford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Members of a 37th Tactical Fighter Wing load crew use an MJ-1 weapons loader as they remove an AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile from a 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: R More

Members of the 37th Aircraft Generation Squadron use an MJ-1 weapons loader as they remove a pylon from the wing of a 37th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4G Phantom II "Wild Weasel" aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: R More

STAFF SGT. Adame Reveile signals the driver of a weapons loader to stop as they prepare to load Mark 82 general purpose bombs onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The airmen are participating in the combat readiness competition Sabre Spirit '88, during

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT '88 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Daniel C. Perez Rele More

Airmen place an inert AGM-65 Maverick air-to-air missile on a cart with the aid of a weapons loader as an evaluator looks on. The airmen are participating in the missile breakout and assembly portion of the combat readiness competition Sabre Spirit '88. T

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT '88 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Daniel C. Perez Rele More

SGT. Leonard D. Mian operates a weapons loader on the flight line during exercise William Tell '86

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera More

A loading standardization team from the 28th Munitions Maintenance Squadron uses an MJ-1 weapons loader to upload a BDU-38 practice bomb into a weapons bay aboard a B-1B aircraft during the Strategic Air Command (SAC) competition Proud Shield '88

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '88 Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camer More

A member of the 28th Munitions Maintenance Squadron backs an MJ-1 weapons loader out from under an open weapons bay of a B-1B aircraft during the Strategic Air Command competition Proud Shield '88

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jose Lopez Jr. Release Sta More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Martin, left, operates an MJ-1 weapons loader as STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steven Delacruz guides an AIM-7 Sparrow missile into position and AIRMAN (AMN) Charley Visele opens the catches on an F-15 Eagle aircraft. All are member

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth J. Hammond Release Statu More

A weapons loading team arms an F-15 Eagle aircraft with an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. An MJ-1 weapons loader is in the foreground

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Kenneth J. Hammond Releas More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Martin, left, operates an MJ-1 weapons loader as STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steven Delacruz guides an AIM-7 Sparrow missile into position on an F-15 Eagle aircraft. All are members of the 1ST Aircraft Generation Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth J. Hammond Release Statu More

STAFF Sergeant John Sabbadish of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron secures a Mark 82 practice bomb for an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft onto a weapons loader

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna, USAF Release Statu More

An airman uses an MJ-1 weapons loader to position a GBU-10 2,000-pound laser-guided bomb beneath the wing of a 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom II aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

SSGT Joseph Labaska, left, steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb as AMN John Eskat drives an MJ-1 weapons loader under the wing of a 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Labaska and Eskat are members of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operat More

STAFF SGT. Joseph Labaska steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb on the arm of an MJ-1 weapons loader as he and the loader's driver, AIRMAN John Eskat, arm an A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft from the 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing during the joint readiness Exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Labaska and Eskat are members of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Ed Boyce Release Status: Rele More

Airmen from the 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron work on an MJ-1 weapons loader that was rendered inoperative by the volcanic ash that fell during the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

STAFF SGT. Marc Konynkik, weapons loader, unloads a guidance cone for a 2,000-lb. ground burst bomb as STAFF SGT. Jacques Smith, weapons load crew chief, positions the cone's container. Both men are members of the 548th Aircraft Generation Squadron and are readying a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft, background, for combat during Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public C More