Tick, tick, boom
Staff Sgt. Dylan Lightfoot, standardization load crew member with the 33rd Maintenance Group, secures an AIM-9X Next Generation Sidewinder on a F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 29, 2019. This is the first time a 33rd Fighter Wing weapons load crew has been certified to load an AIM-9X Next Generation Sidewinder on a F-35A. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Smallwood)