Air Force Staff Sgt. Tiffany Burden performs a simulated weapons post-load check at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 1, 2019, during Exercise Balikatan. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the and the Philippines and comes from a Tagalog phrase meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder," representing the partnership between the two countries. The Philippine-led exercise helps maintain a high level of readiness and responsiveness and it enhances combined military-to-military relations and capabilities. Burden, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, is a weapons team chief with the 25th Airc

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Tiffany Burden performs a simulated weapons post-load check at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 1, 2019, during Exercise Balikatan. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the and the Philippines and comes from a Tagalog phrase meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder," representing the partnership between the two countries. The Philippine-led exercise helps maintain a high level of readiness and responsiveness and it enhances combined military-to-military relations and capabilities. Burden, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, is a weapons team chief with the 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assigned to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.

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