Air Force Tech Sgt. Charlie Mathis, 2nd Maintenance Group weapons standardization loading standardization crew member, and Tech Sgt. Darrell Stewart, 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron loading standardization crew member, prepares a B-52H Stratofortress ejector rack for loading munitions, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Nov. 2, 2022. Mathis and Stewart were a part of the crew validating the loading procedures for the Air Force’s first hypersonic weapon.

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