Weapons loaders arm F-16 for combat

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Arborgast, the team chief with the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew 10, checks a handheld technical order as his team, Airman 1st Class Hassan Cole, center, and A1C Korey Giffin-Pope, both load crew 10 team members with the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, during the annual load crew competition at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 20, 2017. During the competition, load crew team 3 and 10 raced against the clock, and each other, to arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon with one AIM-9 Sidewinder a short-range air-to-air missile, one AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile, an AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile and a Joint Direct Attack Munition GBU 31 (v) 3/B. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase
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