Weapons loaders assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, prepare to load munitions on an F-16 with the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on July 3, 2012. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, , are deployed to KAF in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16’s, pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan.


Weapons loaders assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, prepare to load munitions on an F-16 with the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on July 3, 2012. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, , are deployed to KAF in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Swamp Fox F-16’s, pilots, and support personnel began their Air Expeditionary Force deployment early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan.


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