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STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kurt Klaiber, USAF, Competition Judge watches as AIRMAN 1ST Class Jimmy Adkins, USAF, 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany inspects a LAU-117 missile launcher, during the (Load Crew of the Quarter) competition held at Spangdahlem AB

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kurt Klaiber, USAF, Competition Judge watches as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Michelle S. Roquid, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin (left), USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Root, and USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Lavelle (right) all with 5th Maintenance Group (MXG), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), use a pair of MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System to move equipment away from a B-52 Stratofortress during a load crew evaluation. The load crew is under evaluation on their job performance in cold weather gear

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin (left), USAF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prepares a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) for loading onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Ra... More

Local Airman receives CONR-1AF Aerospace Control Alert Security Forces Member of the Year award

Local Airman receives CONR-1AF Aerospace Control Alert Security Forces...

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson Jr., command chief master sergeant, 1st Air Force, presents the CONR-1AF Aerospace Control Alert Security Forces Member of the Year award to Tech. Sgt. Joseph... More

Airman 1st Class Michael Brabson, 335th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Michael Brabson, 335th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Michael Brabson, 335th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, prepares to load a weapon on an F-15E Strike Eagle during the 4th Quarter Load Crew of the Quarter competition, Jan. 2... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Nunez, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Nunez, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Nunez, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 77th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, connects fins to a munition during a Load Crew of the Year competition at Shaw ... More

F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the flightline during

F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the flightline during

F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the flightline during a surge operation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 5, 2016. The exercise was conducted to validate the 35th Fighter Wing’s ability to generate aircraft in a... More

A crowd of Airmen and families watch load crews from

A crowd of Airmen and families watch load crews from

A crowd of Airmen and families watch load crews from the 2nd Maintenance Group compete during the 2nd MXG Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 6, 2020. Each load ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Discipio, a weapons

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Discipio, a weapons

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter Discipio, a weapons load crew team chief assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares to mount a munition onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a weapons load crew c... More

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) weapons load crew member and Staff Sgt. Isiah McNeal 723d AMXS load crew chief, install components to a machine gun attached to an HH-... More

Senior Airman Deneen Clark, 466th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Deneen Clark, 466th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Deneen Clark, 466th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, competes in a load competition at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 12, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

Using an aircraft tug to tow carts with Internal Airlift or Helicopter Slingable Container Units (ISU) the 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas Air National Guard (ARANG), Fort Smith, Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew wait in the shadows of a C-5 Galaxy before loading for deployment to an undisclosed location

Using an aircraft tug to tow carts with Internal Airlift or Helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Colin Olsson, with the 13th Fighter Squadron (FS), 35th Fighter Wing (FW), Misawa Air Base (AB), Japan, positions an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) onto a bomb-lift truck during the Load Crew of the Year precision loading competition

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Colin Olsson, with the 13...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Louis Rivers, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (front) puts tools away while AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth Gamblin, both with the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group, 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), finishes paper work during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (front) puts too...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (front), STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nicolas Blace (center) and AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth Gamblin, all with the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), load ordnance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (front), STAFF S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Christopher Redmond and STAFF Sergeant Timothy Deyoung, both weapons load crew members from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, adjust the forks on a jammer during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Christopher Redmond and STAFF Sergea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Christina D. Kinsey, USAF Re... More

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Naomi Sosa, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Naomi Sosa, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Naomi Sosa, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team member, prepares to remove a nose cap from a GBU-38 at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.,... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Ramsey, 7th Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Ramsey, 7th Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Ramsey, 7th Maintenance Group squadron load crew member, straps an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile to a jammer at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017. Load cre... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Donohoe, right,

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Donohoe, right,

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Donohoe, right, does push ups after completing 52.6 miles during the Fourth Annual 24 Hour Run Challenge at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., March 27, 2015. Th... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

Members of load crew 13 from the 336th Fighter Squadron Weapons Section Seymour Johnson AFB, ensure proper alignment before securing the dummy munition to a J1 lift truck operated by AIRMAN 1ST Class Toni Tarrant (second from left). The munition will then be loaded on the F-15E Strike Eagle (background) prior to the start of the aircraft-generation phase of Exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. GLOBAL GUARDIAN is held annually to test US Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) capabilities to deter a major attack

Members of load crew 13 from the 336th Fighter Squadron Weapons Sectio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

A 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 bomb load crew uses an MJ-1B Munitions Loader to position a 750-pound unguided, general purpose M117 bomb into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress for a bombing mission over the Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Both the load crew and the B-52 crew from Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana are here to participate in Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

A 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 bomb load crew uses an MJ-1B Munitions Loade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Raaf Darwin State: Northern Territory Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jessica ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Brashdon Miller (kneeling), a weapons loader, performs munitions check on an AGM-65"Maverick"air-to-surface guided missile while TECH. SGT. Brian Kerr, from the 355th Maintenance Group, evaluates him during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Brashdon Miller (kneeling), a weapons ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Christina D. Kinsey, USAF Re... More

Airman Jonathon Deacon, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airman Jonathon Deacon, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airman Jonathon Deacon, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems technician, prepares an F-15 Eagle for uploading munitions during a load crew competition Jan. 11, 2013, at Nellis Air Force ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gavin Sybiak, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gavin Sybiak, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gavin Sybiak, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 79th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load team member, inspects an F-16CM Fighting Falcon weapon rack at Shaw Air Force Base, ... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones, 43rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones, 43rd

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Semones, 43rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit armament systems technician, inspects a GBU-12 training munition prior to loading into an F-22 Raptor during a Load Crew of the Qu... 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

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chamad Rambaransingh, a weapons

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chamad Rambaransingh, a weapons

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chamad Rambaransingh, a weapons load crew chief with the 33rd Fighter Wing , competes in the Team Eglin Load Crew Competition while observed by inspectors and audience Apr. 26, 2019, a... More

Two F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th Fighter Squadron,

Two F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th Fighter Squadron,

Two F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th Fighter Squadron, 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, taxi for takeoff during a training mission on Feb. 27, 2013. The 177th operates out of Atlantic Ci... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Dixon, 25th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Dixon, 25th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Dixon, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew lead, guides an AGM 65 Maverick into place during the 51st Maintenance Group’s Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter competition... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Vonghamchanh,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Vonghamchanh,

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Vonghamchanh, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, prepares the missile launcher of an F-15C Eagle during the annual weapons load competition at Kadena Air Ba... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

The load crew from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing participate in the quick turn competition. The exercise, part of the Strike Command Tactical Bombing Competition, is used to test each team on their ability to execute a quick load of a full complement of bombs

The load crew from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing participate in the q...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lossiemouth Country: Scotland (SCT) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don C. Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr congratulates TSGT Towery, 52nd Combat Support Group, and his load crew for their outstanding performance during a turn-around flight. Orr's visit took place while on tour of various U.S. Air Force installations in Europe

Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr congratulates TSGT Towery, 52nd C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Judah Release Status: Released to P... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jimmy Adkins, USAF, Munitions Handler assigned to the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany operates an MJ-1 weapons loader while uploading an AGM-65 Maverick missile onto an USAF F-16 Falcon aircraft, during the "Load Crew of the Quarter" competition at Spangdahlem AB

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jimmy Adkins, USAF, Munitions Handler assigne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Michelle S. Roquid, USAF Release Sta... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kurt Klaiber, USAF, Munitions Loader assigned to the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany disconnects the grounding cord on an AGM-65 Maverick missile during the "Load Crew of the Quarter" competition at Spangdahlem AB

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kurt Klaiber, USAF, Munitions Loader assigned to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Michelle S. Roquid, USAF Release Sta... More

A Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas Air National Guard (ARANG), Fort Smith, prepare a munitions pallet for loading, in preparation for deployment to an undisclosed location

A Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the Load Crew push a munitions trailer loaded with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) into position in preparation for reloading a USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft for another mission, during the Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE), Beverly High 04-3 at Kadena Air Base, Japan

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the Load Crew push a munitions ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Gary Edwards, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 52nd Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 52nd Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 52nd Maintenance Group squadron lead crew member, center, evaluates Airman 1st Class John Gaddis, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft weapons system specia... More

Airman 1st Class Kevin Lewis, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Kevin Lewis, 5th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Kevin Lewis, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew team member, lines up an inert munition during a bomb loading competition at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 7, 2018. Two weap... More

The left wheel on a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon

The left wheel on a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon

The left wheel on a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon is photographed Oct. 2, 2020, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Aircraft armament weapons loaders underwent their quarterly Minimum Re... More

Senior Airman Luis Bautista-Mercedes, 74th Aircraft

Senior Airman Luis Bautista-Mercedes, 74th Aircraft

Senior Airman Luis Bautista-Mercedes, 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) weapons load crew member, checks an umbilical on an MK-84 general purpose bomb during a weapons-load competition, April 6, 2018, at Moo... 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

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

Members of the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron secure

Members of the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron secure

Members of the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron secure an inert munition during a load crew of the quarter competition at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 7, 2018. The competition evaluated the Airmen... More

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin and Airman

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin and Airman

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin and Airman 1st Class Enrico Reich, German Air Force Flying Training Center weapons load crew members, review a checklist in preparation to load an inert missile onto a... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Bruce Rogers (left), load crew member; SENIOR AIRMAN Lewis (middle), load crew member; and STAFF SGT. Keith Miller (right), load crew chief, all assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, carry an AIM-9 missile to a waiting F-15E Eagle deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy on 21 Feb. 96 in support of Operation Decisive Edge and Operation Joint Endeavor

SENIOR AIRMAN Bruce Rogers (left), load crew member; SENIOR AIRMAN Lew...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DECISIVE EDGEJOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Russ Po... More

The Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas Air National Guard (ARANG), Fort Smith, use a Dodge Bobtail Tractor to load equipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy, in preparation for deployment to an undisclosed location

The Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence W. Rust, with the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), inventories a tool drawer during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence W. Rust, with the 18t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Ra... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nicolas R. Blace, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), completes a last check on the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft weapons upload just completed by SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence W. Rust (center) and AIRMAN first Class Seth O. Gamblin during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nicolas R. Blace, from the 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Ra... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on the flightline after

An F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on the flightline after

An F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on the flightline after a sortie during a two-day surge exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 5, 2016. During surge operations, the 35th Fighter Wing demonstrated their ability ... More

Airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit compete

Airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit compete

Airmen from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit compete in the 56th Maintenance Group 2nd Quarter Load Competition, July 13, 2018 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The load crew hoists a bomb up to a F-16 Fighting F... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Peralta, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Peralta, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Peralta, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 55th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) load crew team lead, signals to Airman 1st Class Anthony Colquitt, 20th AMXS, 55th AMU ... More

Senior Airman Christina Phillips, a crew chief assigned

Senior Airman Christina Phillips, a crew chief assigned

Senior Airman Christina Phillips, a crew chief assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Viper Aircraft Maintenance Unit, secures munitions in place on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Heigl, crew chief

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Heigl, crew chief

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Heigl, crew chief with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, competes in the Wing's inaugural Combined Combat Skills Challenge at the Atlantic City Air Nati... More

Airmen assigned to 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,

Airmen assigned to 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron,

Airmen assigned to 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Tomahawk Aircraft Maintenance Unit, stand at attention prior to the start of the Load Crew of the Quarter Competition Oct. 4, 2019 at Nellis Air Force Base... More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th Fighter Squadron, 177th Fighter Wing "Jersey Devils" show off their updated tail flashes on Feb. 27, 2012. The 177th got its nickname from local New Jersey l... More

An aircraft armament systems technician assigned to

An aircraft armament systems technician assigned to

An aircraft armament systems technician assigned to the 57th Maintenance Group participates in the 57th Wing Load Crew of the Quarter Competition on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 26, 2019... More

Participants of the Joker Duathlon near the finish

Participants of the Joker Duathlon near the finish

Participants of the Joker Duathlon near the finish line after the first leg of the event, a 5K run, before mounting their road bikes for a 30K ride, and a final 3K run at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 25... More

Senior Airman Joseph Clark, 336th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Joseph Clark, 336th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Joseph Clark, 336th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, loads a weapon during the 4th Quarter Load Crew of the Quarter competition, Jan. 26, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base... More

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin, Airman

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin, Airman

German Air Force Staff Sgt. Esser Benjamin, Airman 1st Class Enrico Reich and Staff Sgt. Mark Bender, German Air Force Flying Training Center weapons load crew members, prepare to load inert missiles onto a Tor... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

The load crew puts some extra muscle as they push an Internal Airlift or Helicopter Slingable Container Unit (ISU-60) onto a C-17A Globemaster III. The equipment loaded is from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The load crew puts some extra muscle as they push an Internal Airlift ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Middletown State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown... More

The Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas Air National Guard (ARANG), Fort Smith, use a Bobtail Tractor to load an F100-PW-200, F-16 Fighting Falcon, engine into a C-5 Galaxy, in preparation for deployment to an undisclosed location

The Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

Overall look of the Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas Air National Guard (ARANG), Fort Smith, as they layout equipment in preparation for deployment to an undisclosed location

Overall look of the Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) load crew, 188th F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sc... More

From left to right- US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Lavelle, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ingram and team leader USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Root, all with 5th Maintenance Group (MXG), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), stand at attention after their missiles are loaded onto the aircraft. The load crew is under evaluation on their job performance in cold weather gear

From left to right- US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Brashdon Miller, a weapons loader, uses a jammer to lift AGM-65"Maverick"air-to-surface guided missiles while TECH. SGT. David Currie (center), from the 355th Maintenance Group, evaluates him during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Jan. 10, 2005. Also in the photo are AIRMAN 1ST Class Christopher Redmond and STAFF SGT. Timothy Deyoung. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Christina D. Kinsey) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Brashdon Miller, a weapons loader, use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Christina D. Kinsey, USAF Re... More

Cleared for takeoff, US Air Force Photo

Cleared for takeoff, US Air Force Photo

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 119th Fighter Squadron, 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, taxis before takeoff on Feb. 27, 2013. The F-16C, affectionately known among pi... More

Members of Team Holloman gather for a safety brief

Members of Team Holloman gather for a safety brief

Members of Team Holloman gather for a safety brief outside the Domenici Fitness Center before they compete in the Joker Duathlon at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 25, 2015. This year’s event consisted of ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 43rd Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 43rd Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 43rd Fighter Squadron sits parked on the flightline at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., minutes before a load crew of the quarter competition Oct. 13, 2017. The competition pi... More

Senior Airman Jared Gregory, 48th Air Expeditionary

Senior Airman Jared Gregory, 48th Air Expeditionary

Senior Airman Jared Gregory, 48th Air Expeditionary Group weapons load crew member, performs pre-flight checks on an F-15C Eagle during a scramble training mission at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, March 19, 201... More

Senior Airman Joel Valdez, 51st Maintenance Operation

Senior Airman Joel Valdez, 51st Maintenance Operation

Senior Airman Joel Valdez, 51st Maintenance Operation Squadron lead crew member, loads a missile onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II at the flight line on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb.13, 2013. The exercise te... More

Staff Sgt. Charlie, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Charlie, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Staff Sgt. Charlie, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief finishes a checklist during the fourth quarter Load Crew of the Quarter competition Jan. 14, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing participate in the fourth annual 24 Hour Run Challenge to honor fallen Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airmen, March 27, 2015 ... More

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection

U.S. Air Force and New Jersey state fire protection specialists from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing battle a simulated aircraft fire with Aqueous Film Forming Foam at Military Sealift Co... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Holmes (left),

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Holmes (left),

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Holmes (left), guides Airman 1st Class Najeeb Travis (right), both 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems technicians, as a training bomb is loaded i... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyron Abraham, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyron Abraham, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyron Abraham, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, post-loads an AIM-120 while evaluated by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jairek Kahai, 18th Maintenance Group load standardiza... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintain... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (left front), STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nicolas Blace (left back)and AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth Gamblin, all with the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), load ordnance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lawrence Rust (left front), ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jo... More

U.S. Air Force 555th Fighter Squadron Weapons Load Crew CHIEF STAFF SGT. Matthew Nottingham (right), briefs a load crew on safety issues before the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Annual Weapon Load Competition begins at Aviano Air Base, Italy on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Scherrie K. Gates) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 555th Fighter Squadron Weapons Load Crew CHIEF STAFF SG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Scherrie K. Gates, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Staff Sgt. Travis Gregory (left), 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Travis Gregory (left), 4th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Travis Gregory (left), 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew team chief, assists Senior Airman Dakota Edwards, 4th AMXS weapons load crew member, with loading a weapon during the Load Crew of t... More

Airman 1st Class Jaden Edwards, 4th Munitions Squadron

Airman 1st Class Jaden Edwards, 4th Munitions Squadron

Airman 1st Class Jaden Edwards, 4th Munitions Squadron precision guided munitions technician, assembles munitions during a quarterly Load Crew Competition, Jan. 24, 2020, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas McCants, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas McCants, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas McCants, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew chief, secures a ratchet strap during weapons load training Nov. 2, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Once every month, load c... 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

Weapons load crew members from the 336th Aircraft

Weapons load crew members from the 336th Aircraft

Weapons load crew members from the 336th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, carry munitions to an F-15E Strike Eagle during a quarterly Load Crew Competition Jan. 24, 2020, at Seymour Johnson Crews of three Airmen from... More

A load crew inspector closely monitors a Tiger Aircraft

A load crew inspector closely monitors a Tiger Aircraft

A load crew inspector closely monitors a Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew team member, as he examines the housing unit before the team loads hellfire training missiles on an MQ-9 Reaper during a load c... More

Senior Airman Austin Reynolds, 57th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Austin Reynolds, 57th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Austin Reynolds, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, picks up a screwdriver during a load crew competition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 13, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by... More

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

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