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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Hawkins (left) annotates in the munitions load list as Senior Airman Eric Robinson loads 20 mm high explosive ammunition into an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on April 21, 1999. The Fighting Falcon is being prepared for an NATO Operation Allied Force mission against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Hawkins and Robinson are assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano in support of Operation Allied Force.

Staff Sgt. Hawkins and Senior Airman Robinson load 20 mm ammunition into an F-16.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Hawkins (left) annotates in the munitions load list as Senior Airman Eric Robinson loads 20 mm high explosive ammunition into an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on April 21, 1999. The Fighting Falcon is being prepared for an NATO Operation Allied Force mission against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Hawkins and Robinson are assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano in support of Operation Allied Force.

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