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Air Education and Training Command

33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

Observers watch as the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron participates in the first on the F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. This is the 33rd Fighter Wings first flightline weapons load since transitioning from legacy aircraft like the F-15 Eagle in 2009. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen prepare to load a missile-guided bomb into an F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. Load crew members assembled the missile before loading it into the F-35. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

Airmen from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a missile-guided bomb unit to be loaded into an F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. Load crew members worked together to assemble the missile before loading it into the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron personnel load a missile-guided bomb unit into an F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. Flightline munitions load training allows load crews to perform in a more realistic work environment. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

Airmen 1st Class Zachery Justice, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew member, moves a missile-guided bomb unit into position to load into the F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. Weapons load Airmen worked in stages to assemble and move the missile into the proper position for safe load into the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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33rd Fighter Wing completes first flightline weapons load on F-35

Published Oct. 20, 2015
By Senior Airman Andrea Posey
33rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs

10/20/2015 – EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – --