Staff Sgt. Michael Velasco, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue, guides in the GBU-38 onto his F-16 Fighting Falcon during the quarterly weapons load competition Oct. 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Blue Team defeated the F-15 Eagle Red Team in a competition to load an AIM-9X and a GBU-38 the fastest and with the fewest mistakes.

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