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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Strouse, left, Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick, center, and Senior Airman David Garrison, right, load a missile onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Strouse is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member, Minnick is a 926th Group Det. 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief, and Garrison is a 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Strouse, left, Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick, center, and Senior Airman David Garrison, right, load a missile onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Strouse is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member, Minnick is a 926th Group Det. 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief, and Garrison is a 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Strouse, left, Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick, center, and Senior Airman David Garrison, right, load a missile onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Strouse is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member, Minnick is a 926th Group Det. 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief, and Garrison is a 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member.

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