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Weapons flight loads the boom

By Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs / Published June 08, 2016

Senior Airman Clarence Williams, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, speaks with another Airman while uploading a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. The weapons team performs a critical role for the close air support mission, ensuring Fighting Falcon pilots have the correct and functional munitions to provide the air cover ground forces need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Senior Airman Clarence Williams, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, prepares tools to load two GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during routine weapons upload at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. Airmen with the 455th EAMXS weapons flight ensure the aircraft are armed, combat ready, and fully operational before every F-16 take off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Technical Sgt. Joseph McCullough (left) and Senior Airman Clarence Williams (right), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainers, prepare to load two GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during routine upload at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. Load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation’s security by supporting combat-ready forces for anti-terrorism efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Technical Sgt. Joseph McCullough, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, gives a weapons pre-brief at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. The 455th EAMXS weapons flight load the F-16s with both offensive and defensive explosive devices to support various air tasking orders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Senior Airman Jorge Martinez (left) and Technical Sgt. Joseph McCullough (right), 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainers, load a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during routine weapons upload at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. The weapons team performs a critical role for the close air support mission, ensuring Fighting Falcon pilots have the correct and functional munitions to provide the air cover ground forces need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Technical Sgt. Joseph McCullough, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, straps down a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 to a munitions loader at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. The 455th EAMXS weapons flight load F-16s with both offensive and defensive explosive devices to support various air tasking orders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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Technical Sgt. Joseph McCullough, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, loads a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during routine weapons upload at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. Load crews work endlessly to preserve our nation’s security by supporting combat-ready forces for anti-terrorism efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Clarence Williams, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons maintainer, speaks with another Airman while uploading a GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-54 on an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 07, 2016. The weapons team performs a critical role for the close air support mission, ensuring Fighting Falcon pilots have the correct and functional munitions to provide the air cover ground forces need. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)