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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Socia uses a speed wrench to secure a Joint Direct Attack Munition missile onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Feb. 7, 2007. Socia is part of a weapons load crew assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Steven Socia uses a speed wrench to secure a Joint Direct Attack Munition missile.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Socia uses a speed wrench to secure a Joint Direct Attack Munition missile onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Feb. 7, 2007. Socia is part of a weapons load crew assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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