Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Whetham, weapons load crew chief, and Senior Airman Jonathan Simmons, weapons load crew member, inspect a training round from an A-10C Thunderbolt II after the aircraft completed a maritime domain awareness mission in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal west of the Philippines April 21, 2016. These missions are intended to provide more transparent air and maritime situational awareness to ensure safety for military and civilian activities in international waters and airspace, and as such, the aircraft do not carry live rounds. Whetham and Simmons are deployed to Cl

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Whetham, weapons load crew chief, and Senior Airman Jonathan Simmons, weapons load crew member, inspect a training round from an A-10C Thunderbolt II after the aircraft completed a maritime domain awareness mission in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal west of the Philippines April 21, 2016. These missions are intended to provide more transparent air and maritime situational awareness to ensure safety for military and civilian activities in international waters and airspace, and as such, the aircraft do not carry live rounds. Whetham and Simmons are deployed to Clark Air Base, Philippines from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. ( Air Force photo by Capt. Susan Harrington)

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