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 Airman 1st Class Casey Cain and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Patrick Williams tighten the screws on a GBU-38 during its construction while at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Aug. 14, 2014. The GBU-38 is a necessary part of the weapon system of the F-16C Fighting Falcon. Cain, a reservist, is deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base and a native of Unionville, Mo. Williams is a native of......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
An Airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron prepares to attach an FMU-55 initiator onto a bomb conduit during the building of a GBU-38 bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2014. The GBU-38 is utilized by the F-16C Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Reed, a munitions systems technician currently assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works with Senior Airman Brandon Graves, a munitions systems technician, to string connection wire through a bomb conduit to an initiator as they build a GBU-38 bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The GBU-38 is utilized by the F-16C Fighting......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
An Airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron installs an FMU-152 tail fuse into the end of a GBU-38 bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Aug. 14, 2014. The GBU-38 is utilized by the F-16C Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen Young | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.14.2014
An Airman assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron installs an FMU-152 tail fuse into the end of a GBU-38 bomb at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2014. The GBU-38 is utilized by the F-16C Fighting Falcon. . (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)...
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......