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Load Crew Comp

Senior Airman Joshua Baker, a Traditional Reservist with the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Weapons Flight, is operating the jammer as his crew loads an AIM 120 into the main weapons bay during the 1st Quarter Load Crew competition. Baker along with an active duty and a Reserve maintainer make up the three-man team that took first place in the competition. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso)

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Load Crew Comp

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, an Air Reserve Technician with the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Weapons Flight starts the Auxiliary Power Unit on an F-22 during the 1st Quarter Load Crew Competition. The APU is used to operate the aircrafts weapons bay doors during the loading of the AIM 120 air-to-air missile. Tuttle along with an active duty and a Reserve maintainer make up the three-man team that took first place in the competition. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso)

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Load Crew competition

Airman 1st Class John Grimes, 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Weapons Flight, guides an AIM 120 missile into place during the load crew competition April 12. Grimes along with two Reservists assigned to the 477th Fighter Group make up the three-man team that took first place in the competition. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso)

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Active duty, Reserve team sweeps F-22 Load Crew competition

Published April 16, 2012