Armament shop maintains F-35 weapons system equipment
Staff Sgt. Peter Christopher, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron F-35A Lightning II alternate mission equipment supervisor, and Senior Airman Janey Sawmiller, 56th EMS F-35 maintenance supervisor, inspect an F-35’s bulk loader magazine, Oct. 20, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Each bulk loader, which loads 25 mm rounds into the aircraft’s GAU-22 25mm cannon’s linkless ammunition handling system, houses four magazines and holds 724 rounds of ammunition. The 56th EMS F-35 armament shop maintains, inspects and orders AME for the F-35’s weapons system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder)