Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Ortiz, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, prepares an unarmed AIM-9X missile during a weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, March 5, 2021. The 3-man crews displayed their skills in a timed and graded contest to successfully load weapons onto an F-35A Lightning II.

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Keywords: aim-9x, comp, compettition, gbu-12, load, troops, weapons