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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       LEFT: U.S. Air
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Force loadmasters
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       from the 6th Airlift
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Squadron, Joint
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Base McGuire-Dix-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Lakehurst, N.J.,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       unload an M142
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       High Mobility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Artillery Rocket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       System (HIMARS)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       assigned to the 3rd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Battalion, 321st
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Field Artillery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Regiment, Fort
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Bragg, N.C., during
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       U.S. Air Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Weapons School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Integration held
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       at Nellis Air Force
                                                                                                                                             Air Force photographs by Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus                                                                                                   Base, Nev., Dec. 4,
                                                                                                       U.S. Air Force Capt. Zebulon “Spades” Kimball, airlift team lead and U.S. Air Force                                                                                                             2021. The 6th AS
                                                                                                       Weapons School undergraduate from the 29th Weapons Squadron, Little Rock Air                                                                                                                    staged at Nellis to
                                                                                                       Force Base, Ark., speaks to his team during a pre-flight mission brief at Nellis Air Force                                                                                                      load and unload
                                                                                                       Base, Nev., Dec. 4, 2021. After several weeks of training, pilots were given the chance                                                                                                         HI MA R S’s ,  a s
                                                                                                       to integrate, coordinate and execute combat operations with more than 85 airframes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       part of the Joint
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Forcible Entry 21B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       exercise.







                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   LEFT: A U.S. Air Force
     A C-17 Globemaster III from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,                                                                                                                                    loadmaster from the 6th
     N.J., takes off at Delamar Dry Lake, Nev., during U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration                                                                                                                                   Airlift Squadron, Joint Base
     held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 4, 2021.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   N.J., loads an M142 High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mobility Artillery Rocket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   System (HIMARS) assigned
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   to the 3rd Battalion, 321st
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Field Artillery Regiment,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Fort Bragg, N.C., during
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   U.S. Air Force Weapons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   School Integration held at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Dec. 4, 2021. Loadmasters
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   are  re s p o n s ib l e  f o r
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   loading, securing, proper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   weight distribution and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   passenger safety before
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and during air operations.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  RIGHT: U. S. Air Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tech. Sgt. Jacob Jones,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  air f ield management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  specialist from the 921st
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Contingency Response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Squadron, Joint Base
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,
     U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Sanders, airfield management specialist from the 621st                                                                                                                                      N.J., uses a measuring
     Contingency Response Support Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and                                                                                                                                           wheel to map out the
     U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Hemple, airfield management specialist from the 821st                                                                                                                                      aircraft landing zone at
     Contingency Response Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., set up a visual airfield marking                                                                                                                               Delamar Dry Lake, Nev.,
     panel in preparation for landing two C-17 Globemasters at Delamar Dry Lake, Nev., Dec.                                                                                                                                       Dec. 4, 2021.
     4, 2021.
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