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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mikel Parrish (left) and Airman 1st Class Patrick Ward load a BDU-50 practice bomb onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a operational readiness exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Nov. 8, 2007. Parrish and Ward are weapons load crewmembers with the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Mikel Parrish (left) and Airman 1st Class Patrick Ward load a BDU-50 practice bomb.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mikel Parrish (left) and Airman 1st Class Patrick Ward load a BDU-50 practice bomb onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a operational readiness exercise at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Nov. 8, 2007. Parrish and Ward are weapons load crewmembers with the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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