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Shilo Thompson and Brandon Walker, both aircraft mechanics with the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, load an AFM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at Ali Air Base, Iraq, on July 9, 2008. The Predator provides integrated and synchronized close air combat operations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes.

Shilo Thompson and Brandon Walker load an AFM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-1B Predator.

Shilo Thompson and Brandon Walker, both aircraft mechanics with the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, load an AFM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at Ali Air Base, Iraq, on July 9, 2008. The Predator provides integrated and synchronized close air combat operations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes.

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