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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph Dutterweich takes an AIM 9-X Sidewinder missile off of an F-15 Eagle during Exercise Joint Red Flag 2005, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on March 23, 2005. Approximately 10,000 U.S. service members, representing each branch of service, along with coalition forces, are participating in Joint Red Flag 2005. Dutterweich is a weapons load crewmember with the 94th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Langley Air Force Base, Va.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph Dutterweich takes an AIM 9-X Sidewinder missile off of an F-15 Eagle.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph Dutterweich takes an AIM 9-X Sidewinder missile off of an F-15 Eagle during Exercise Joint Red Flag 2005, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on March 23, 2005. Approximately 10,000 U.S. service members, representing each branch of service, along with coalition forces, are participating in Joint Red Flag 2005. Dutterweich is a weapons load crewmember with the 94th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Langley Air Force Base, Va.

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