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  • Weapons Airmen remove pylon for routine inspection

    Airmen from the 44th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons section, remove a pylon from an F-15 Eagle aircraft for a scheduled inspection at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 11, 2020.

  • Life of a bomb: from ‘cradle to grave’

    Earlier this month, a bomb was used to take out a high-stakes member of the Islamic State in Afghanistan—a big win for troops, especially those who moved the explosives through each step, eventually making it onto the F-16 Fighting Falcon that dropped it on target.