Weapons Load Certification
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Leon Schilling and Senior Airman Howard Bergeron ensure proper alignment of an air intercept missile 120 while Senior Airman Joy Higgins evaluates them during certification training Oct. 20. A bomb lift, also known as MJ-1B, is used to load air intercept missiles. Load teams must be certified once a month on loading. Schilling and Bergeron are aircraft armament systems specialists with the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Higgins is a squadron lead crew team member for the 3rd Mission Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Cynthia Spalding)