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US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Steve Webster, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Webster and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air force AIRMAN First Class Steve Webster, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Webster and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Bylica and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Bylica and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, pulls a weapons loading tug armed with AIM-120 air-to-air missiles away from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Olmstead and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens fins on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The men, along with the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Bylica, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron (FS), 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, prepare to load AIM-120 air-to-air missiles loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The 35th FS and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft's, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, from the 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, return from a simulated battle in the Korea province during the 8th Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities as well as their ability to survive and operate during their ORI

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft's, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, from the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, taxi to takeoff for a simulated battle in the Korea province during the 8th Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities as well as their ability to survive and operate during their ORI

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Steve Webster, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens a fin on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. SRA Webster and the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

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Base: Kunsan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF

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