Quarterly Load Competition

The 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load team performs buddy checks as a simulated gas attack is called in the middle of the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. As part of their monthly qualification standards, weapons load crews from the 36th and 25th Aircraft Maintenance Units go head-to-head, once a quarter, reloading either an F-16 Fighting Falcon or an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Each crew completes a written standards test and is timed when they reload simulated munitions onto their respective aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Quarterly Load Competition

The 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load team carries a dummy air-to-air missile to their F-16 Fighting Falcon during the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. This quarter the competitors completed the reload portion with the added difficulty of being in mission-oriented protective postures gear and even simulated a gas attack where they had to don full MOPP 4 before continuing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Quarterly Load Competition

Senior Airman Jonathon Simmons, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons loader, checks over and completes the loading of practice munitions in full mission-oriented protective postures gear during the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. The event adds an element of friendly rivalry to a qualification test for the technicians; competitors must complete a written test and a practical demonstration of skill within a fixed amount of time in order to maintain their mission readiness status. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Quarterly Load Competition

Staff Sgt. Tameka Lindsay, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons loader, directs a practice munitions before a crowd of her peers during the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. This quarter the competitors completed the reload portion with the added difficulty of being in mission-oriented protective posture gear and a simulated gas attack where they had to don full MOPP 4 before continuing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Quarterly Load Competition

Staff Sgt. Tameka Lindsay and Senior Airman James Stillman, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons loaders, complete the uploading of practice munitions during the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. The event adds an element of friendly rivalry to what is a qualification test for the technicians; competitors must complete a written test and a practical demonstration of skill within a fixed amount of time in order to maintain their mission readiness status. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Quarterly Load Competition

Senior Airman Kayla Fitzgerald, 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons loader, prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon to receive practice munitions during the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. As part of their monthly qualification standards, weapons load crews from the 36th and 25th Aircraft Maintenance Units go head-to-head, once a quarter, loading either an F-16 Fighting Falcon or an A-10 Thunderbolt II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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Staff Sgt. Tameka Lindsay, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons loader, throws her arms into the air in victory as she finds out her load team is the first to fully complete the practical demonstration of skill portion of the quarterly load competition held at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2015. The quarterly event is actually a qualification test for the competing technicians to maintain their mission readiness status. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

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25th AMU narrowly defeats the 36th in quarterly competition

Published Oct. 9, 2015

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition

Quarterly Load Competition