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  • 2nd Quarter Weapons Load Competition

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Rosado, 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit maintainer, unstraps an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile during the 56th Maintenance Group 2nd quarter weapons load competition, July 12, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Load competitions are used in place of written evaluations

  • Lock 'n Load Weapons Comp

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Schweigart, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, helps prepare a AIM-9X bomb for a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II during the third quarterly weapons load competition, Oct. 6, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Load competitions serve as

  • Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

    CAMP NAVAJO, Ariz. – Twenty-one members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in a three-day field training exercise, Furious Alpaca, April 10 - 13, 2023, at Camp Navajo, Arizona.

  • 56th MXG 3rd Quarter Weapons Load Competition

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Janey Sawmiller, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit maintainer, inspects the landing gear well of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a weapons load competition, Oct. 7, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Load competitions help ensure weapons Airmen are proficient in

  • 2018 1st Quarter Load Crew Competition

    Airman 1st Class Makiah Green, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, attaches guidance fins onto an inert air-to-air missile during the 2018 1st Quarter Load Crew Competition at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., April 6. Green and other members of her three-person team divided

  • Luke F-35s drop first weapons

    The F-35A Lightning II program took another step toward initial operational capability yesterday when two aircraft assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron successfully employed four laser-guided bombs on the Barry M. Goldwater Range.