Tech Sgt. Lucas Hagopian, Staff Sgt. Timothy Mannion, and Staff Sgt. Nick Albert are a team of three weapons loaders from Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Their mission is to ensure weapons loaded on the 104th Fighter Wing’s F-15 Eagles work properly for air crews at home station and deployed. The 104th FW load crew arms an F-15 Eagle with an Aim 9X while at the Weapons System Evaluation Program, Tyndall Air Force Base. As a part of the WSEP exercise, the aircraft are loaded and shoot live missiles. The purpose of WSEP to gauge operational effectiveness, to verify weapons system
Tech Sgt. Lucas Hagopian, Staff Sgt. Timothy Mannion, and Staff Sgt. Nick Albert are a team of three weapons loaders from Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Their mission is to ensure weapons loaded on the 104th Fighter Wing’s F-15 Eagles work properly for air crews at home station and deployed. The 104th FW load crew arms an F-15 Eagle with an Aim 9X while at the Weapons System Evaluation Program, Tyndall Air Force Base. As a part of the WSEP exercise, the aircraft are loaded and shoot live missiles. The purpose of WSEP to gauge operational effectiveness, to verify weapons system performance, determine reliability, and evaluate capability.
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