A Air Force weapons load crew team from the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit carry an AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missile to an F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a quarterly weapons load competition April 3, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The competition pitted two load crews against each other to evaluate who could prepare the aircraft for combat the fastest and with the fewest procedural errors.

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