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Staff Sgt. Rachelle Bellini, Senior Airman Ruben Moreno, and Senior Airman Nathan Furr, 18th Munitions Unit load crew competition winners stand with their trophy Jan. 8, 2021, on Eielson AFB, Alaska. Every three months there’s a load crew competition and the winners of the quarterly challenges will face off at an annual competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)


First Load competition

Staff Sgt. Rachelle Bellini, Senior Airman Ruben Moreno, and Senior Airman Nathan Furr, 18th Munitions Unit load crew competition winners stand with their trophy Jan. 8, 2021, on Eielson AFB, Alaska. Every three months there’s a load crew competition and the winners of the quarterly challenges will face off at an annual competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)

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Security forces members listen to a RC-135S Cobra Ball team member Dec. 18, 2020, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. During the holiday season a Cobra Ball crew allowed service members and base leadership to learn about the RC-135S mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
Security forces members listen to a RC-135S Cobra Ball team member Dec. 18, 2020, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. 354th Security Forces Squadron personnel were able to learn about one of the three RC-135S platforms in the entire U.S. Air Force from the crew themselves, allowing them to understand the larger mission they defend every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
Security forces members walk off of a RC-135S Cobra Ball Dec. 18, 2020, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Cobra Ball crew allowed security forces on Eielson AFB to look inside and learn about the RC-135S mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
Two F-35A Lightning II's take off behind an RC-135S Cobra Ball static display Dec. 18, 2020, on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
Two load crews prepare to test their abilities in a load crew competition, Jan. 8, 2021, on Eielson AFB, Alaska. The left team represented the new 356th Maintenance Unit and the right team represented the 18th Maintenance Unit and they claimed victory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
ad crew competition leaders and team members from the 354th Fighter Wing talk before the event Jan. 8, 2021, on Eielson AFB, Alaska. The load crew competition pitted one F-35A Lightning II and one F-16 Fighting Falcon load crew to arm their aircraft with four munitions as quickly and accurately as possible. Upon completion, the teams are evaluated on their accuracy and speed and a winner is declared. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
A KC-46A Pegasus, assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing, taxis on the flight line at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2020. The KC-46A is the U.S. Air Force’s newest in-air refueling aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert)
A KC-46A Pegasus, assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), taxis on the flight line at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2020. The mission of the 931st ARW is to support Air Mobility Command’s worldwide air refueling mission, meeting the air refueling needs of all U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine and selected allied nations’ aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert)
A KC-46A Pegasus, assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), lands at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2020. The KC-46A is visiting Eielson to conduct cold-weather training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert)
Eighteen U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs and 12 F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing and two KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 168th Wing form an elephant walk on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2020.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Blade Dirickson, an 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit F-16 Fighting Falcon dedicated crew chief, inspects an F-16 before an elephant walk on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2020.