7th EAMU ‘load toads’ help put ‘bat’ in combat
(From left) Senior Airman Jeremy Ridings, Master Sgt. Jerry Shelton, both with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Airman 1st Class James Deason, with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, prepare to load a guided bomb unit-31 onto a B-1B Lancer, preparing it for a mission. The weapons flight has loaded more than 400 tons of munitions onto B-1s since July 24. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Stephens)