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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Johnny Powell retrieves a safety pin from the wing weapons pylon of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on a hot cargo pad at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on Oct. 21, 2008. Safety pins prevent unintentional deployment of munitions once the aircraft has landed. Powell is assigned as a weapons load crew member to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

Senior Airman Johnny Powell retrieves a safety pin.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Johnny Powell retrieves a safety pin from the wing weapons pylon of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft on a hot cargo pad at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on Oct. 21, 2008. Safety pins prevent unintentional deployment of munitions once the aircraft has landed. Powell is assigned as a weapons load crew member to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

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