Weapons Load Competition

Staff Sgt. Anthony Childers, 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew leader, places the proper fittings onto the weapon loader during the 46th Maintenance Group’s third quarter weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 28. The best of the best from AMU Red and AMU Blue met to load a Joint Direct Attack Munition and an AIM-9 onto an F-15 and F-16 respectively. AMU Red won with the best time and fewest errors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Weapons Load Competition

Senior Airman Michael Simmers, with the 46th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, directs the loader to where the weapon needs to be during the 46th Maintenance Group’s third quarter weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 28. The best of the best from AMU Red and AMU Blue met to load a Joint Direct Attack Munition and an AIM-9 onto an F-15 and F-16 respectively. AMU Red won with the best time and fewest errors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

F-35 maintainers validate engine processes for future

Staff Sgt. Jason Anderson, a 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer, guides an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine immobilizer into place at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

F-35 maintainers validate engine processes for future

Staff Sgt.s Jason Anderson and Michael Sanders, maintainers with the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, try to remove a piece of equipment from the front of the an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

F-35 maintainers validate engine processes for future

Sgt. Orazio Cara, a Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 maintainer, makes adjustments to an F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter engine at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 27. Airmen, Marines and Sailors are executing step-by-step processes to validate engine maintenance procedures for the F-135 to ensure they are sound before being taught to future F-35 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Wrap up

Firefighters with the 96th Civil Engineer Group secure the fire hose back onto the truck after a fire exercise Oct. 5 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Firefighters had to enter the smoke-filled facility, find and put out the fire and rescue two simulated victims as part of the Operational Readiness Exercise’s that took place throughout the week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)