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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Andersen, left and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Anthony Kuhn, from the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), download a white phosphorus rocket from an F-16C Fighting Falcon during Air Warrior II, an Air Combat Command (ACC) exercise, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

From left to right- US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Lavelle, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bertrand Asselin, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ingram and team leader USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Root, all with 5th Maintenance Group (MXG), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), stand at attention after their missiles are loaded onto the aircraft. The load crew is under evaluation on their job performance in cold weather gear

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Joshua Coleman (left), an avionics technician and A1C Jason Lavigne, both assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), take a short break under an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet during a phase 1 Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) being held at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Stephens, Aircraft Armament Journeyman, drives the MJ-1 Lift Truck, a.k.a. Jammer, while USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Scott Hurd, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), the lead man of the team removes an obstruction. The team is simulating the replenishment of GBU-12 munitions during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Craig Miller, a weapons load Crew CHIEF for the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), makes adjustments to a under-wing weapons rail on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, during an Air Warrior training exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Seth O. Gamblin, from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), prepares a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU) for loading onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) during a Load Crew of the Quarter Competition

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Erik Vandermark (left), Videographer, Armed Forced Network in Korea (AFNK), Osan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (KOR), interviews US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) James Smith, standing in the M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV), as he waits to load the Stryker onto a USAF C-5B Galaxy cargo aircraft, Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), at the end of Exercise FOAL EAGLE

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Khalio Borum, left, a Weapons Evaluator with the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Craig Miller, a weapons loader, inspect an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile onboard an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, during an Air Warrior training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) LaKisha Croley, Still Photographic Journeyman, 31st Communications Squadron (CS), photographs USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Stephens, Aircraft Armament Journeyman, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), make final adjustment on a GBU-12 (Paveway II) on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, 31st Fighter Wing (FW) in preparation for a simulated strike on the Southlands during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise. All participants are in their Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) ensemble. The LSN will prepare members of the 31st FW for an upcoming Tactical Evaluation

In what appears as a choreography of chaos, US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Nichole Adamowicz (left), Still Photographic Journeyman and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rick Anderson (right), Videographer Craftsman, 31st Communications Squadron (CS), document Airmen of the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), as they upload a GBU-12 munitions onto an F-16CG Fighting Falcon. The upload is part of training during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION

Base: Aviano Air Base

State: Pordenone

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lakisha Croley, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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15/01/2003
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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Katherine Chirinos, 31st Security Forces Squadron (SFS), checks the trunk of a car for illegal contraband, during a random vehicle inspection, at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephen Blevins, Security Forces Journeyman, 86th Contingency Response Group (CRG), mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a bunkered position near the perimeter at Bashur Airfield in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Force Service Support Group (FSSG) use a Rough Terrain fork lift to upload palletized equipment onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft on the flight line at Al Asad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Robert Baxter (left), USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Phil Poulson, and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Steve Friedricks all assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard (ANG), pose for a photograph in from of the Wings new C-130J Hercules, Tactical Transport Aircraft, at its new home at Channel Island Air National Guard Station (ANGS), California (CA)

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. Mack Hayes, journeyman welder, graduated from the Richmond welding school before beginning work for Kaiser eight months ago

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Hamilton, Non Destructive Inspection (NDI) Craftsman Technician, 31st Maintenance Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, removes oil test sample tabs. NDI is responsible for early engine wear detection to accomplish missions in a more cost effective way

US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN David Chamberlin performs a safety check on a rack of 500 pound Glide Bombs (GBU-12's) on the flight deck of the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). George Washington, commanded by US Navy Captain Malcolm P. Branch, is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, and has been operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO-led Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Nichole Sterling a Inbound Cargo SPECIALIST from the 52nd Transportation Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, fills a metal crate with incoming cargo at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Sterling is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) John P. Jumper, CHIEF of STAFF of the Air Force (CSAF), shakes hands and talks with Maintainers from the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS). General Jumper, accompanied by the CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Gerald Murray (far left), for a three-day visit to the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeannette Grimm, Non-destructive Inspection (NDI) Craftsman, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), accomplishes a magnetic particle inspection on an engine actuator mount, inside the NDI shop at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) personnel of the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), inspect an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, during an Air Warrior training exercise held at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Leroy Clemens (left), Firefighter, 31st Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), assists members of the Missions Systems Flight, 31st Communications Squadron (CS), uses water pressure to help clear out 85 feet of tunnel that had collapsed and needed cable run through it

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