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Air Force F-16 Readiness, Nellis, AFB

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Robles performs a supervisory post-load inspection of an AIM-9 missile on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Robles is an F-15 Eagle weapons expediter assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2. The 926th Group is an Air Force Reserve unit under the 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Oliveros services a generator on a F-15 Eagle on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Oliveros is an F-15 crew chief assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2.

U.S. Airman 1st Class Jacob Alwell, left, and Staff Sgt. Raymond Oliveros service a generator on a F-15 Eagle on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Alwell is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15 crew chief, and Oliveros is an F-15 crew chief assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gregory Strouse, left, Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick, center, and Senior Airman David Garrison, right, load a missile onto a F-16 Fighting Falcon on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Strouse is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member, Minnick is a 926th Group Det. 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief, and Garrison is a 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Cordova, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Adams sign off on a weapons inspection on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Cordova is an F-15 Eagle weapons specialist assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2, and Adams is a 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15 expediter.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shawn Ohagan, left, and Staff Sgt. Giovanni Conti conduct a final radar check on an F-16 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Ohagan and Conti are F-16 avionics specialists assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Robles performs a supervisory post-load inspection of an AIM-9 missile on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 24, 2008. Robles is an F-15 Eagle weapons expediter assigned to the 926th Group Detachment 2. The 926th Group is an Air Force Reserve unit under the 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.