Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Staff Sgt. Ryan Skuller, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs final safety checks on weapons loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25. Two teams from the 51st AMXS competed in the yearly competition, which included a tool kit inspection, written exam, military standards inspection and a loading evaluation for technical proficiency, safety procedures and overall time while loading weapons onto an aircraft. The winners of the competition will be decided later next month (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Staff Sgt. Charles Gillessen, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs a pre-flight check of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Senior Airman Joshua Gross, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects an air-to-ground bomb during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Senior Airman Jacob Cortez, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs some checks on an air-to-air missile during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Senior Airman Joshua Gross maneuvers an air-to-ground bomb in place while Staff Sgt. Ryan Skuller, spots him for safety during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25. Both Airmen are with the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

The 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load team carries an air-to-air missile over to an F-16 Fighting Flacon during a weapons loading competition for the best load crew of the year in a hangar at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson).

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Weapon crews fight to be named 'best loaders of the year'

Published Feb. 28, 2011
By Staff Sgt. Chad Thompson
51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Two load teams from 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed side-by-side on an A-10 Thunderbolt II and an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for the right to be called best load crew of the year at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 25. The competition included a tool kit inspection, written exam, military standards inspection and a loading evaluation for technical proficiency, safety procedures and overall time while loading weapons onto an aircraft.