Friendly rivals tested eachother in Load Crew Competition
An Airman assigned to the 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit connects a wire to the final weapon loaded to an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a quarterly load crew competition against the 36th AMU, Jan. 17, 2019, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.The competition challenged weapons load crew teams on their expertise, accuracy and speed to outfit aircraft with a variety of munitions. For the 25th AMU, they're responsible for loading the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and the 36th AMU is responsible for the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The teams consisted of three members, who were hand selected by their units to participate in this friendly rivalry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan)