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Air Force airmen load AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles onto an F-15 Eagle during a no-notice exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 18, 2016. The airmen are weapons loaders assigned to the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard

Loading Sidewinders

Air Force airmen load AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles onto an F-15 Eagle during a no-notice exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 18, 2016. The airmen are weapons loaders assigned to the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard

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