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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Wade Hines (left) carefully positions the bomb lift truck as he works with Staff Sgt. Mario Pedero in loading AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles onto a trailer at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on April 2, 1999. The airmen are assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Airman 1st Class Hines and Staff Sgt. Pedero load AIM-120 missiles at Aviano.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Wade Hines (left) carefully positions the bomb lift truck as he works with Staff Sgt. Mario Pedero in loading AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles onto a trailer at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on April 2, 1999. The airmen are assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Operation Allied Force is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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