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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Trosper moves an AIM-7M Sparrow missile into position on a weapons loader during a weapon systems evaluation program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on May 9, 2006. Trosper is assigned as a weapons load team chief with the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

Staff Sgt. David Trosper moves an AIM-7M Sparrow missile into position.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Trosper moves an AIM-7M Sparrow missile into position on a weapons loader during a weapon systems evaluation program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on May 9, 2006. Trosper is assigned as a weapons load team chief with the 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit.

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