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Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Chandler, foreground, inspects a GBU-12 Paveway II bomb to ensure it is safe to load onto an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 18, 2017. Chandler is an aircraft armament systems journeyman assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson

Inspecting a GBU-12

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Chandler, foreground, inspects a GBU-12 Paveway II bomb to ensure it is safe to load onto an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 18, 2017. Chandler is an aircraft armament systems journeyman assigned to the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson

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