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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 Rhasaan Kimbrough and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Percy Lunsford, members of 36th Fighter Squadron, secure a Paveway III Laser Guided Bomb (GBU-24) attached to the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, which is also armed with an AIM-20 AMRAAM missile, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Adam Wright is guided by US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Patrick Fotz, both members of 36th fighter Squadron, as he maneuvers an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft wing, which is also armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Gregory Kimble-Wilder, 8th Maintenance Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, holds the tongue of a tow holding an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles waiting for a tug vehicle during Kunsan's Beverly Bearcat 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 (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Kevin Stickley, Weapon Loaders, 93rd Fighter Squadron, makes adjustment to a bomb rack on a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, after a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile is mounted on the outboard wing of the aircraft

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Colin Boffo, 25th Fighter Squadron, checks an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile after it was up loaded onto an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft with the assistance of US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Riley, 25th Fighter Squadron, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Chris Lemons and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Frank Decosta, members of "Panton Loadcrew 11" stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, load a MK 84 bomb on a 35th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Kunsan'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 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

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 Troy Drasher assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea makes final adjustments on the TER-9A Triple Ejector Rack mounted under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The rack is loaded with MK-82 500-pound general-purpose bombs. The image is from the June 2000, AIRMAN Magazine article "A Year to Remember"

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Base: Kunsan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

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Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Linda Mihalec, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214), adjusts a bomb ejector rack attached to the wing pylon of a USMC AV-8B Harrier aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV) in participation for the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), prepares to connect for refueling operations with a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 163rd Air Refueling Wing, 196th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Grizzlies, March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The F-18 is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Some folks say Oasis, Utah is a "One-horse Town," without the horse. It's small, but not really a town, or on a map. It's the site of the Air Force compound at the huge and remote Utah Testing and Training Range. This image was used in the April 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Home, Home on the Range"

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