Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.26.2014
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron gather together to review safety procedures before building 10 GBU-38 bombs at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Aug. 26, 2014. The GBU-38 is an essential part of the weapons system of an F-16C Fighting Falcon. The deployed Airmen are an example of total force integration; the Airmen are comprised of active duty and......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Terrin Love, a native of Montgomery, Ala., and Senior Airman William Spencer, a native of Kansas City, Mo., work together to tighten the tail end of a GBU-38 bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Aug. 14, 2014. The GBU-38 is a vital part of the F-16C Fighting Falcon weapons system. Love, an Air National Guardsman is deployed from the 187th Fighter Wing in Montgomery,......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Pomilin, a native of Warrior, Ala. spray paints identification numbers on GB-38 bombs as part of the process of marking each bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Aug. 14, 2014. This allows each bomb to be tracked and accounted for. The GBU is a principle part of the F-16C Fighting Falcon’s weapons system. Pomilin is an Air National Guardsman deployed from the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Patrick Williams, a native of Bates City, Mo. and Senior Airman Brandon Graves, a native of Kansas City, Kan. attach GBU-38 bombs to a hoist that will be used with a munitions assembly conveyer to move the bombs during transport Aug. 14, 2014, at Bagram Air Field in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Both men are currently assigned to the 455th Expeditionary......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Casey Cain, a munitions systems technician currently assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron reviews technical order data before building a GBU-38 bomb. GBU-38s are part of the weapon system used on F-16C Fighting Falcons. Cain, a native of Unionville, Mo., is an Air National Guardsman deployed from the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force......