FRIDAY FOTO (February 18, 2022)
February 17, 2022 at 11:59 pm Leave a comment
Muscling a Missile.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)
Despite the latest in high tech aircraft parked behind them, these airmen from the 43rd Fighter Generation Squadron have to lift an AIM-9 Sidewinder air intercept missile during a weapons load competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on February 11, 2022.
Two teams competed to see who could load an AIM-120, an AIM-9 and chaff and flares onto their F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighter the fastest and with the fewest errors. The winner will be announced at the unit’s annual awards ceremony.
To learn a little more about the Raptor, and its troubled history, click here.
Entry filed under: Air and Missile Defense, Air Force, Aircraft, FRIDAY FOTO, National Security and Defense, Photos, Skills and Training, Technology, Weaponry and Equipment, women in the military. Tags: aerospace, AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, AIM-20 missile, AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, Air Force, F-22 Raptor, FRIDAY FOTO, FRIDAY FOTO 2022, military aviation, U.S. Air Force.
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