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Nice Cut

Staff Sgt. Anthony Brown, 58th Fighter Squadron Life Support Airman, carefully removes Velcro from a new G-suit to get the suit ready for use. Sergeant Brown makes up part of the 33d Fighter Wing Life Support Section that was awarded best small unit in Air Combat Command for 2006.
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Checking it twice

Senior Airman Rob Hall, 60th Fighter Squadron Life Support Airman, accounts for a new radio he just added to a pilot's gear. Life Support responsibilities include maintaining and accounting for all of pilot gear before and after each sortie. Airman Hall makes up part of the 33d Fighter Wing Life Support Section that was awarded best small unit in Air Combat Command for 2006.
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Prepping for Flight

Senior Airman Rob Hall, 60th Fighter Squadron Life Support Airman, puts away a helmet after he finishes cleaning and prepping it for the next sortie. Airman Hall makes up part of the 33d Fighter Wing Life Support Section that was awarded best small unit in Air Combat Command for 2006.
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Spot Free

Airman Joshua Riffe, 58th Fighter Squadron Life Support Airman, finishes cleaning and prepping helmets after the pilots return from their sorties. Airman Riffe makes up part of the 33d Fighter Wing Life Support Section that was awarded best small unit in Air Combat Command for 2006.
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Teamwork

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Staff Sgt. Keith Bowie and Sr. Airman Candy Thompson, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew members inspect and install fins on the AIM-120 AMRAM and AIM-9X as Sr. Airman Jessalyn Borja, 33d Maintenance Group evaluates during the 33d Fighter Wing’s annual load crew competition Jan. 19. The annual load competition is a contest to determine which AMU has the best weapons load team. Winners are scheduled to be announced Feb. 9. (Air Force Photo/by Capt. Brooke Brander)
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Install before flight

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Staff Sgt. Keith Bowie, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member installs fins on an AIM-120 AMRAM in preparation to load the missile onto an F-15C Eagle during the 33d Fighter Wing’s annual load crew competition Jan. 19. Quarterly AMU load competition winners competed in the annual competition and consisted of three load teams from the 58th AMU and one team from the 60th AMU. (Air Force Photo/by Capt. Brooke Brander)
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Fin Installation

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Airman 1st Class Nicholas Turner, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, installs wings and fins on an AIM-120 AMRAM missile during the 4th quarter weapons load crew competition in the 33d Maintenance Operations Squadron hangar Jan. 12. The AIM-120 is a new generation air-to-air missile and has all-weather, beyond-visual-range capabilities. The 58th AMU won the 4th quarter load competition for the 33d Fighter Wing. (Air Force Photo/by Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Final Check

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Staff Sgt. Emory Purdy, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew chief, inspects AIM-9X umbilical for foreign object damage during the 4th quarter weapons load crew competition in the 33d Maintenance Operations Squadron hangar Jan. 12. The load competition is a contest to determine which AMU has the best weapons load team. (Air Force Photo/by Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Quick cut

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Airman 1st Class Jacob Hoffman, 728th Air Control Squadron surveillance technician, receives a hair cut from Master Sgt. James Pennington, 728th ACS assistant superintendent of operations prior to deploying to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Jan. 15. (Air Force photo/by Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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All aboard

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Airmen from the 728th Air Control Squadron board a bus prior to their deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 728 ACS provides a mobile, combat-rated, senior radar element of the Theater Air Control System for worldwide contingencies.(US Air Force photo/by Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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The process

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Members of the 728 Air Control Squadron process through the Eglin Readiness Center prior to deploying to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Jan. 15. Airmen of the 728th Air Control Squadron have deployed four times since 2003 in support of OIF. (Air Force Photo/by Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Making maps

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.-- Staff Sgt. Tammy Shutter, 33d Fighter Wing visual information specialist, compares the master airspace map drawing to the enlarged copy for quality control purposes Jan. 9. The 58th and 60th fighter squadrons use airspace maps in planning training missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Upgrading the computers

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.—Senior Airman Alex Kearney, 33d Fighter Wing client support administrator and Master Sgt. Ken Lewis, 33d FW manning manager, discuss computer upgrade possibilities to more efficiently process wing personnel in and out of the database Jan. 9. The wing’s manning management office finished a long anticipated move from the 33d Maintenance Operations Squadron building to the headquarters building late December. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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New chief visits dinning facility

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Kesler, the new command chief for the 33d Fighter Wing, fixes a salad before attending a first sergeant’s luncheon at the Oasis dining facility Sept. 6. Chief Kesler joined the wing Aug. 28 when he replaced Chief Master Sgt. Michael Gilbert. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Final flight

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Lt. Col. Benjamin D. “Coma” Powell, 33d Fighter Wing inspector general, signals the crew chief that it’s time to taxi the aircraft from its parking spot for his final flight as a Nomad pilot Friday. Colonel Powell performed the duties of chief of wing inspections and exercises and later became the wing’s inspector general while assigned here. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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On three, lift

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- (Left to right) Aiman 1st Class Philip Downs and Antonio Rivera and Staff Sgt. Reuben Bellotte, 33d MXS precision-guided munitions specialists, hand-carry an Air Interdiction Missile 9X to a casket of four for operational checks and storage Oct. 2 in a munitions work hangar. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Flares check

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- (Left to right) Senior Airman Kenneth Gore Airman 1st Class Anthony Navratil and Staff Sgt. Keith Bowie, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members, inspect flare modules for defects on an F-15C Eagle on the 33d Fighter Wing ramp Oct. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Phillip O. Butterfield)
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Up, up and away

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A helicopter lifts an aircrew member out of the water at Post’l Point on Eglin AFB, Friday. Aircrews from Eglin and Hurlburt Field must participate in water survival training, which was provided by the 33d Operations Support Squadron, every year to maintain their proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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Eagle inspection

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Senior Airman Joshua Hampton, 33rd Maintenance Squadron phase inspection technician, shows Royal Saudi air force Sgt. Maj. Mohammed Al-Qahtani Fahad areas of concern when dealing with the right main landing gear hydraulic reservoir on an F-15C Eagle July 25 in the 33rd MXS Phase Dock. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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Missing?

EGLIN AIFORCE BASE, Fla. -- Senior Airmen Joshua Prosper, 33rd Maintenance Squadron jet engine mechanic, inspects for missing nut plates in the engine bay on an F-15C Eagle July 25 in the 33rd MXS Phase Docks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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