Senior Airman Nicholas Brooks, Staff Sgt. Vincent Franco and Senior Airman William Wakeland hoist the 188 pound AIM-9 onto the munition rail of an F-15 Eagle Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
Senior Airman Nicholas Brooks, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew, tightens a bolt on the F-15 Eagle Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
Staff Sgt. Vincent Franco, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew, ensures the AIM-120 is properly loaded onto the MJ-1 Bomb Lift Truck before it’s attached to the wing of an F-15 Eagle Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
Senior Airmen Nicholas Brooks and William Wakeland, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew connect fins to the AIM-120 attached to the wing of an F-15 Eagle Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
Staff Sgt. Vincent Franco, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew, uses the MJ-1 Bomb Lift Truck to line up the AIM-120 onto the F-15 Eagle munition rail Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)
Senior Airman Nicholas Brooks, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew, prepares the munition rails for the AIM-120 load onto an F-15 Eagle Feb. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 30-minute competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the crews. The annual competition also identifies the load crew of the year and earns them bragging rights as the best of 22. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kristin Stewart)