Senior Airman Tristan Franklin and Airman 1st Class Cameron Padgett, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders, use an ammunition loading adapter to feed 30-millimeter rounds into an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft ammo drum prior at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 11. The airmen are deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The Thunderbolt II can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions or JDAM, wind corrected munitions dispenser or WCMD, AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, illumination flares and the GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)
Date Taken: | 06.11.2013 |
Date Posted: | 06.14.2013 08:40 |
Photo ID: | 953266 |
VIRIN: | 130611-F-IW762-447 |
Resolution: | 4162x3126 |
Size: | 2.24 MB |
Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
Hometown: | CHICAGO, IL, US |
Hometown: | FRANKLIN, AL, US |
Web Views: | 86 |
Downloads: | 17 |
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