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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airman 1st Class Samuel Dipasquale 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, secures an AIM-9 L/M missile to the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the load crew of the quarter competition Nov. 2. The 480th Fighter Squadron load crew competed against the 81st Fighter Squadron load crew to determine the winner that will advance to compete for load crew of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany –Airman 1st Class Samuel Dipasquale, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, aligns an MK-82 LD bomb to be loaded onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the load crew of the quarter competition Nov. 2. The 480th Fighter Squadron load crew competed against the 81st Fighter Squadron load crew to determine the winner that will advance to compete for load crew of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany –Staff Sgt. Sean Hughes, left, and Airman 1st Class Samuel Dipasquale, both 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew members, load an MK-82 LD bomb onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the load crew of the quarter competition Nov. 2. The 480th Fighter Squadron load crew competed against the 81st Fighter Squadron load crew to determine the winner that will advance to compete for load crew of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airman 1st Class Samuel Dipasquale, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, works on loading an MK-82 LD bomb onto the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the load crew of the quarter competition Nov. 2. The 480th Fighter Squadron load crew competed against the 81st Fighter Squadron load crew to determine the winner that will advance to compete for load crew of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Airman 1st Class Samuel Dipasquale, left, and Airman 1st Class Gerardo Carpio-Perez, both 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew members, install impulse cartridges for an MK-82 LD bomb on an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the load crew of the quarter competition Nov. 2. The 480th Fighter Squadron load crew competed against the 81st Fighter Squadron load crew to determine the winner that will advance to compete for load crew of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Chief Master Sgt. Steve Lebron, United States Air Force in Europe weapons load crew functional area manager, presents the Jammer Driver of the Quarter award to Senior Airman Marcus Irizarry, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, Nov. 2. Irizarry won a competition for MJ-1 drivers, which consisted of navigating through a course of road cones with the fastest time while hitting the fewest amount of cones. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)