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An F-15E Strike Egle from the 366th Air Expeditionry Wing, 391st Fighter Squdron, Mountin Home AFB, Idho, prepred t Al Udeid Air Bse, Qtr, to fly its first bombing mission in support of Opertion ENDURING FREEDOM into Afghnistn. The crewchief under the ircrft performs systems checks while in constnt communiction with the pilot. The F-15E is equipped with the LANTRIN Nvigtion nd Trgeting System pod nd crries two rcks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidnce system, AIM-120 Advnced Medium Rnge Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) nd AIM-9 Sidewinders, nd 600-gllon drop tnks. The 366th AEW is one of the Air Force's "on-cll 911" fighter wings, redy to deploy...

An F-15E Strike Egle from the 366th Air Expeditionry Wing, 391st Fight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, prepared at Al Ud... More

Airman 1st Class Maxim Gogo, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Maxim Gogo, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Maxim Gogo, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions systems technician, separates parts to be installed on GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs Sept 22, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz... More

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight assemble GBU-31 bombs at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bombs will be dropped by Hill AFB’s F-35A Lightning II aircraft at the Ut... More

Senior Airman Deshone Davie from the 4th Aircraft

Senior Airman Deshone Davie from the 4th Aircraft

Senior Airman Deshone Davie from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing preps the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base. The... More

190203-N-SA412-0181 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0181 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0181 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) - Marines load a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to the F-35B detachment of the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltroto... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Troy Kohler (left) and Airman

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Troy Kohler (left) and Airman

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Troy Kohler (left) and Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff (right) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing mount a GBU-12 Paveway II onto an F-16C Fighting Falcon during ... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (below) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (below) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (below) and Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles (above) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing disassemble GBU-12 Paveway IIs mounted on an F-16C Fight... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet from the 177th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet from the 177th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard releases an inert GBU-12 practice bomb while training at the Warren Grove Bombing Range in Ocean County, N.J. o... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew team chief, inspects an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile during a quarterly load crew competition at Shaw A... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron use an MJ-1 Jammer bomb lift to place a guided bomb unit body onto a makeshift platform in a simulated deployed location on the flight line at... More

190203-N-SA412-0064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) - Marines load a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to the F-35B detachment of the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltroto... More

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas,

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas,

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas, 34th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew members, prepare to equip an F-35A with a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 23, 2016. (U... More

A U.S. Air Force weapons load crew assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force weapons load crew assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force weapons load crew assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron loads a live GBU-12 into an F-35A January 18, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The 33rd Fighter Wing loaded and relea... More

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, drops a 2,000-pound GBU-31 bomb over the Utah Test and Training Range, Aug. 10. The F-35 flew Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and... More

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during Operational Testing 1 aboard USS Wasp at sea, May 27. Marines and sailors have been working together since May 18 to assess the integration of the F-35B L... More

Airmen with the 96th Bomb Squadron drop an inert laser

Airmen with the 96th Bomb Squadron drop an inert laser

Airmen with the 96th Bomb Squadron drop an inert laser guided GBU-12 bomb from a B-52 Stratofortress bomber at Razorback Range, Arkansas, June 12, 2019. The 188th Wing’s Razorback Range is a facility providing ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Chandler, 33rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Chandler, 33rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Chandler, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems journeyman, inspects a GBU-12 to ensure it is safe to load into an F-35A January 18, 2017, at Eglin A... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andy Nguyen, weapons loader

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andy Nguyen, weapons loader

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andy Nguyen, weapons loader with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, preps an arming wire for the fin assembly on a GBU-12 during Operation Snowbird at Davis-Mon... More

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, builds a GBU-31 bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped by a Hill AFB F-35A Lightning II aircraft at the... More

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight place a GBU-31 bomb onto a munitions trailer at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped at the Utah Test and Training... More

Airman 1st Class Tyler Drummund, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Tyler Drummund, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Tyler Drummund, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions systems technician, removes shipping caps from GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs Sept 22, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing assembles fins on a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day two of the annual lo... More

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez from the 4th Aircraft

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez from the 4th Aircraft

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing helps load the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Forc... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), Black Aces, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), conducts a mission over Persian Gulf. The Hornet is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on wingtip and an AGM-65 Maverick missile on pylon and a GBU-12 500-pound bombs on or pylons. Tucked under intake is an AAQ-14 LANTIRN (Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed for Night) pod. Also under fuselage, a 370-gallon External Fuel Tank. The VFA-41 is currently embarked aboard USN Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of...

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), Black Aces, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Californ... More

Airman Quinton Chaney, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Airman Quinton Chaney, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Airman Quinton Chaney, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions systems technician, and Senior Airman Tre Tate, 56th EMS munitions systems technician, use a forklift sling to move GBU-12 Paveway II laser-g... More

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, constructs chaff cartridges used in the F-16 Fighting Falcon during a Flying Training... More

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight test laser guidance units to be used with GBU-12 bombs, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 3, 2017. The 500-pound bombs will be dropped at the Uta... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (left) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (left) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dennis Donahue (left) and Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles (right) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing prepare to offload GBU-12 Paveway IIs mounted on an F-16C... More

Master Sgt. James Harrod and Airman 1st Class Audrey

Master Sgt. James Harrod and Airman 1st Class Audrey

Master Sgt. James Harrod and Airman 1st Class Audrey Pace, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, move a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Tra... More

Tech. Sgt. Donte Thornton, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Tech. Sgt. Donte Thornton, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Tech. Sgt. Donte Thornton, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section production supervisor, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, assembles a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron set up a platform to build an [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided bomb, in a simulated deployed location on the flight line at D... More

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing preps the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base. These ... More

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, left, and Airman 1st Class

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, left, and Airman 1st Class

Staff Sgt. Trevor Goss, left, and Airman 1st Class Chad Erwin, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, employ a rim gauge to check 20mm rounds used i... More

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, checks torque settings while building a GBU-31 bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped by a Hill AFB... More

F-15 Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

F-15 Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

F-15 Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft prepare for takeoff during Combat Hammer at Hill Ar Froce Base, May 4, 2016. (Paul Holcomb/U.S. Air Force)

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller 1st Lt. Marius Sokol, right, copies nine line target information while 1st Lt. Andreas Bier checks coordinates during close air support (CAS) training at the... More

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, touches down at Hill AFB, Aug. 7. The F-15 completed a sortie during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the... More

Airman 1st Class Chad Erwin, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Airman 1st Class Chad Erwin, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Airman 1st Class Chad Erwin, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, employs a rim gauge to check 20mm rounds used in the F-16 Fighting Falcon during... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing assembles a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day one of the annual load crew com... More

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during Operational Testing 1 aboard USS Wasp at sea, May 27. Marines and sailors have been working together since May 18 to assess the integration of the F-35B L... More

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant, and Tech. Sgt. Donte Thornton, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section production supervisor, deployed from Spa... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Sosnoff from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing assembles fins on a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day two of the annual lo... More

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during Operational Testing 1 aboard USS Wasp at sea, May 27. Marines and sailors have been working together since May 18 to assess the integration of the F-35B L... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Dunkle, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Dunkle, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Dunkle, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew team member, attaches a fin to an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile during a quarterly load crew compet... More

From left, U.S. Air Force Maj. Daniel Roske, 227th

From left, U.S. Air Force Maj. Daniel Roske, 227th

From left, U.S. Air Force Maj. Daniel Roske, 227th ASOS Director of Operations, Capt. Keith Giamberardino, JTAC with the 227th, and German armed forces JTACs 1st Lt. Marius Sokol and Capt. Tim Jantzen confirm n... More

Airman 1st Class Gabriel Stone, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Gabriel Stone, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Gabriel Stone, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, tightens lugs on a GBU-31 bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped by a Hill AFB F-35A Lightning II ... More

190203-N-SA412-0146 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0146 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0146 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) - Marines load a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to the F-35B detachment of the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltroto... More

F-35 external weapons testing makes history, quadruples effectiveness and test efficiency

F-35 external weapons testing makes history, quadruples effectiveness ...

Sept. 23 marked the first time the F-35 Lightning II program conducted an external store weapons separation test. The Pax River ITF test team released four GBU-12 Laser Guided Bomb inert test assets from the F-... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones (right),

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones (right),

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones (right), Staff Sgt. John Wessel (middle), and Senior Airman Sean Maag (left), 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew, carry a training missile toward an F-22 Ra... More

Airman Haji Williams, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Airman Haji Williams, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron

Airman Haji Williams, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron munitions systems technician, prepares a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb tail kit for installation Sept. 20, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. ... More

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during Operational Testing 1 aboard USS Wasp at sea, May 27. Marines and sailors have been working together since May 18 to assess the integration of the F-35B L... More

F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson Air

F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson Air

F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, are prepped for flight at Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15s flew Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the per... More

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant, and Tech. Sgt. Donte Thornton, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section production supervisor, deployed from Spa... More

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, take off from Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15s flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of c... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing pauses to go over a checklist during day one of the annual load crew competition on Jan. 9 at Atlantic City ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing looks over a GBU-12 Paveway II prior to weapons loading during day one of the annual load crew competition o... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (right) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (right) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (right) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing operates a jammer vehicle loading a GBU-12 Paveway II onto an F-16C Fighting Falcon assisted by Mast... More

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, assembles part of a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training Deployment at ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron work together to build an [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided bomb, in a simulated deployed location on the flight line at Davis... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron use an MJ-1 Jammer bomb lift to transfer necessary equipment off a vehicle in a simulated deployed location to build an [inert] GBU-12 Paveway... More

An [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided

An [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided

An [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided bomb, sits completed after being put together by U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron in a simulated deployed location on the ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen from the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen from the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing assembles fins on a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day one of the annual load ... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Feekes, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Feekes, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Joshua Feekes, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, stencils build codes onto GBU-31 bombs at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bombs will be dropped at the Utah Test and Training ... More

181010-N-ZZ999-001
NORTH ATLANTIC (Oct. 10, 2018) The

181010-N-ZZ999-001 NORTH ATLANTIC (Oct. 10, 2018) The

181010-N-ZZ999-001 NORTH ATLANTIC (Oct. 10, 2018) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth's (R08) air weapons party members prepare a Paveway II bomb, Oct. 10, 2018. Following the loading of the ord... More

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during

Marines load ordnance onto an F-35B Lightning II during Operational Testing 1 aboard USS Wasp at sea, May 27. Marines and sailors have been working together since May 18 to assess the integration of the F-35B L... More

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing preps the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base. These ... More

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Merritt, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, prepares laser guidance units for GBU-12 bombs, Aug. 3 at Hill Air Force Base. Powell and fellow Airmen were preparing for weapons evaluat... More

Airman 1st Class Keith Noble, 492nd Fighter Squadron

Airman 1st Class Keith Noble, 492nd Fighter Squadron

Airman 1st Class Keith Noble, 492nd Fighter Squadron aircraft armament systems apprentice, assists Staff Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez, 492nd FS weapons load crew team chief, in attaching a computer control group to a ... More

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) watches target

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) watches target

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) watches target strikes on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, Oct. 8, 20120. JTACs coordinated close-air support with the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assi... More

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing preps the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base. These co... More

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, taxi on a hot pad at Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15s flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performan... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Yoerick Gomez from the New

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Yoerick Gomez from the New

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Yoerick Gomez from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing tightens a bolt on a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day two of the annual load c... More

Airman 1st Class Audrey Pace, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Airman 1st Class Audrey Pace, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Airman 1st Class Audrey Pace, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, assembles a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training Deployment at Mont... More

190203-N-SA412-0019 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0019 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0019 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) - Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Marcus Hurst, from Dallas, signs out ordnance to Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard the amphibious as... More

190203-N-SA412-0076 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0076 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) -

190203-N-SA412-0076 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2019) - Marines load a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) 12 onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to the F-35B detachment of the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Tiltroto... More

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas,

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas,

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kalsbeek and Airman Juan Rivas, 34th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew members, prepare to equip an F-35A with a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 23, 2016. (U... More

F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base,

F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base,

F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, prepare for takeoff at the base, Aug. 8. The F-35s flew Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the performance of crews, pilo... More

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after landing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 8. Reapers are remotely piloted and can linger over battlefields, providing persistent strike capabilities to ground f... More

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns and Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns and Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera

Staff Sgt. Kayla Bruns and Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing work together during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 19, 2018 at Hill Air Force Base. ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing operates a jammer vehicle on day one of the annual load crew competition on Jan. 9 at Atlantic City Ai... More

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions

Airmen assigned to the 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight build a GBU-31 bomb at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped at the Utah Test and Training Range by a Hill AFB F-35... More

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force

An F-15 Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, proceed down the taxiway at Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15 flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the p... More

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) 1st Lt. Andreas Bier prepares a laser designator to illuminate targets during close air support (CAS) training with F-16 fighter pilots from the 177th... More

From right, U.S. Air Force Capt. Keith Giamberardino,

From right, U.S. Air Force Capt. Keith Giamberardino,

From right, U.S. Air Force Capt. Keith Giamberardino, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), and German armed forces JTAC 1st Lt. Marius Sokol discuss are... More

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Austin Springer, 388th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight, lifts a GBU-31 bomb onto a munitions trailer at Hill Air Force Base, Aug. 1. The 2,000-pound bomb will be dropped at the Utah Test and... More

Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 - Defense imagery management operations center

Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 - Defense imagery management operations center

U.S. airmen, all aircraft armament systems specialists with the 20th Fighter Wing, load an inert GBU-12 laser-guided bomb onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron at Eielson A... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Desmond Charles from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing disassembles a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during the annual load crew compe... More

Staff Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez, 492nd Fighter Squadron

Staff Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez, 492nd Fighter Squadron

Staff Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez, 492nd Fighter Squadron weapons load crew team chief, secures a Guided Bomb Unit 12 to an F-15E Strike Eagle in a protective aircraft shelter at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, ... More

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller

German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Capt. Tim Jantzen listens to a read back of nine line information from close air support (CAS) F-16 fighter pilots from the 177th Fighter Wing while t... More

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter

Master Sgt. James Harrod, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions section, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, assembles part of a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training Deployment at ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron work together to build an [inert] GBU-12 Paveway II, an aerial laser-guided bomb, in a simulated deployed location on the flight line at Davis... More

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,

F-15 Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, proceed down the taxiway at Hill AFB, Aug. 8. The F-15s flew during Combat Hammer, an evaluation exercise which tests and validates the pe... More

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing

Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie Cates, 52nd Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant, assembles part of a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training Deployment at Monte Real Air Base, Portugal, Feb. 4, 2020... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) and Master Sgt. Keith Williams (right) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing attach the computer control group to a GBU-12 Paveway II mount... More

Airmen from the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

Airmen from the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

Airmen from the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron munitions, deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, move a GBU12 laser-guided bomb during a Flying Training Deployment at Monte Real Air Base, Portugal, ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing pauses to go over a checklist during day one of the annual load crew competition on Jan. 9 at Atlantic City ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Mullen (left) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing operates a jammer vehicle lifting a GBU-10 Paveway II while Master Sgt. Keith Williams (right) acts a... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Aguiar (left) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Aguiar (left) from

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Aguiar (left) from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing operates a jammer in order to mount a GBU-12 Paveway II onto an F-16C Fighting Falcon while Tech. Sgt... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dominique Fernandez, 20th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dominique Fernandez, 20th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dominique Fernandez, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member, readies an F-16CM Fighting Falcon during a quarterly load crew competition at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Oc... More

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez and Staff Sgt. Hunter

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez and Staff Sgt. Hunter

Airman 1st Class Eustacio Marquez and Staff Sgt. Hunter Rivera from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit of 388th Fighter Wing preps the GBU-12 laser guided bomb during the F-35A weapons loading competition Jan. 1... More

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