Weapons specialists, Technical Sergeant Sean O'hara and Staff Sergeant Jeremy Pow, members of the 169th Fighter Wing (FW) of the South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Station, load AGM-65 Maverick missiles onto an F-16 aircraft. The 169th FW is deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah to participate in Combat Hammer. It's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire AGM-88 Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots


Weapons specialists, Technical Sergeant Sean O'hara and Staff Sergeant Jeremy Pow, members of the 169th Fighter Wing (FW) of the South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Station, load AGM-65 Maverick missiles onto an F-16 aircraft. The 169th FW is deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah to participate in Combat Hammer. It's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire AGM-88 Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots abilities, their unit tactics, and the effectiveness of missile systems.


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