Air Force Staff Sgt. Devon Dempsey, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons load crew team chief, uses a flashlight to perform a post-load inspection on an AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile loaded onto a Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon at the 86th Air Base, Romania, April 16, 2022. Aircraft flying in support of NATO air policing missions are armed in a defensive posture to secure NATO airspace from potential threats.

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