Staff Sgt. works insdie F-16 exhaust.
Staff Sgt. Cary Gibson explains aiming procedures
KEY WEST, Fla. -- A crew chief from the 159th Air National Guard, LA maintenance crew preflights a F-15 fighter jet on Oct. 23, 2002 for Exercise Cope Snapper 2002. Held at NAS Key West Florida, Exercise Cope Snapper 02 is a multi-aircraft exercise that engages dissimilar air combat training with on fighter data link and joint operations with the Navy. The members involved in Cope Snapper consist of the 159th Fighter Wing's, Louisiana F-15 fighters, the 169th McEntire, SC Air National Guard's F-16 fighter jets, maintenance crews, and the Navy's F-18s and F-14 fighter jets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)
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TSUIKI AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Hale Lewis, crew chief, works inside the exhaust of a F-16C/D Nov. 12, 2002. He is with the 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Lewis is taking part in this year's Exercise Keen Sword 03 being held here. Keen Sword 03 is a bilateral defense exercise that practices defending Japan against foreign aggression. The goal of the exercise is to accomplish interoperability between Japan Air Self Defense Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and to exercise command and control systems of the JASDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Efren Lopez)
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Cary Gibson (top) explains aiming procedures for the .50-caliber sniper rifle to 1st Lt. Hong Kim during an explosive ordnance disposal demonstration held at a deployed location in Southwest Asia on Nov. 27. Both airmen are from the 320th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. Gibson is assigned to the squadron's explosive ordnance disposal branch which uses sniper rifles to explode ordnance without getting close to it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steve Faulisi)
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