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Senior Airman Jason Barnes makes adjustments on the collimeter target scope for an F-16 Fighting Falcon April 5 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Two seperate knobs control up and down and left and right movements, and moving one will usually throw the other off. It takes coordination and patience to get a perfect alignment. Airman Barnes is assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa AB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gena Armstrong)


Weapons Airmen help pilots' firing accuracy

Senior Airman Jason Barnes makes adjustments on the collimeter target scope for an F-16 Fighting Falcon April 5 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Two seperate knobs control up and down and left and right movements, and moving one will usually throw the other off. It takes coordination and patience to get a perfect alignment. Airman Barnes is assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa AB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Gena Armstrong)

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. James Davis, 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight crew member, connects cannon plugs on Common Munitions Bit/Reprogramming Equipment June 9, 2009. The CMBRE tests the working components of a joint direct attack munition's guidance system. The guidance system can be tested before or after the fin is attached to the munition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. James Davis, 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight crew member, repositions the umbilical connector on a GBU-38 June 9, 2009. The umbilical connector serves as an interface between the bomb and pilot, allowing the pilot to change fuse settings while in flight. Sergeant Davis is a native of Del Rio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Michael Eiland and Staff Sgt. James Davis, both from the 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight, attach a fin assembly to a GBU-38 body June 9, 2009. The fin contains a guidance system with GPS that allows for more precise targeting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman 1st Class Michael Eiland, 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions journeyman, aligns the strake assembly with suspension lugs on a GBU-38 June 9, 2009. The munitions flight builds approximately six training assets a year, but while deployed Airman Eiland, a native of Omaha, Neb., built up to 30 munitions in one day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Robert Baarstad, 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight crew chief, reads a technical order prior to building a munition June 9, 2009. Sergeant Baarstad, a native of Boise, Idaho, led a three-man crew in building two GBU-38s for training purposes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Adan Gomez, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, completes a time compliance technical order of an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 1, 2009. The 14th Fighter Squadron, along with maintenance and support personnel, will participate in Northern Edge scheduled for later this month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon taxis in after completing a mission June 1, 2009. The 14th FS has spent the last three months rebuilding skill sets in their primary mission of air-to-air and suppression of enemy air defenses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Petty Officer 3rd Class David Nunez, Armed Services Blood Bank technician, applies a dressing to the arm of 1st Lt. Eric Miller, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron programs development officer, at the Potter Fitness Center April 28, 2009. The blood bank travels across the Pacific region collecting blood from American service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Cecil Hahn, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers service support specialist at the Misawa Resident Office, will reach 50 years of federal service in June 2009. Mr. Hahn has spent 40 of those years at Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal Sutter)