Staff Sgt. Carly Meckle (left) and Staff Sgt. Michelle Torrey check the connections after loading munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 29 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeants Meckle and Torrey are 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders deployed from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Sergeant Meckle is a native of Lyons, Colo., and Sergeant Torrey is a native of Greeley, Colo.

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Staff Sgt. Carly Meckle (left) and Staff Sgt. Michelle Torrey check the connections after loading munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 29 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeants Meckle and Torrey are 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders deployed from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Sergeant Meckle is a native of Lyons, Colo., and Sergeant Torrey is a native of Greeley, Colo.

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