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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Wagner, foreground, and Air Force Airman 1st Class John Bybee lock Hydra-70 rockets with M257 illuminating flares into a LAU-131/A rocket launcher on an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft during Operation Snowbird on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 3, 2014. Wagner and Bybee are weapons loaders assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.

OPERATION SNOWBIRD

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Wagner, foreground, and Air Force Airman 1st Class John Bybee lock Hydra-70 rockets with M257 illuminating flares into a LAU-131/A rocket launcher on an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft during Operation Snowbird on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 3, 2014. Wagner and Bybee are weapons loaders assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.

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