8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Davis, left, Staff Sgt. Hector Medina, middle, 8th Maintenance Squadron combat plans supervisors, and Airman 1st Class Hunter Johnson, right, 8th MXS munitions controller, prepare munitions for loading during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. During the friendly competition, four teams of Airmen were evaluated on how quickly and accurately they completed their tasks when preparing and loading munitions onto aircraft while simulating the pressure of a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Senior Airman Sarai Perez, left, 8th Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Anthony Rodriguez Desantiago, 8th MXS conventional maintenance technician, prepare munitions for loading during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Members assigned to the 8th MXS, and the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron, participated in friendly challenges in preparing and loading munitions on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Airmen assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron, prepare munitions for loading during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Members assigned to the 8th MXS, and the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron, participated in friendly challenges in preparing and loading munitions on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Airman Marquis Mason, 35th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons load crew, prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft weapons station during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Four teams of Airmen were evaluated on timeliness and number of discrepancies, if any, when loading munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Airman Adrian Garcia, 35th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons load crew, begins to load munitions on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Four teams of Airmen were evaluated on timeliness and number of discrepancies, if any, when loading munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Airmen assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron, prepare munitions for loading during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. During the friendly competition, four teams of Airmen were evaluated on how quickly and accurately they completed their tasks when preparing and loading munitions onto aircraft while simulating the pressure of a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hector Medina, 8th Maintenance Squadron combat plans supervisor, assembles a munition for loading during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Four teams of Airmen were evaluated on how quickly and accurately they completed their tasks when preparing and loading munitions onto aircraft while simulating the pressure of a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

U.S. Air Force Col. Casey Crabill, far left, 8th Maintenance Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Nathan Bouchard, far right, 8th MXG command chief, congratulate Senior Airman Mason Schumacher center left, and Staff Sgt. Logan Stacy, center right, 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, for winning Dedicated Crew Chief of the Quarter during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Airmen from the 8th MXS and 35th Fighter Generation Squadron were evaluated on how quickly and accurately they completed their tasks when loading munitions on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

U.S. Air Force Col. Casey Crabill, far left, 8th Maintenance Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Nathan Bouchard, far right, 8th MXG command chief, congratulate the winners of the bomb building portion of the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Participants of the bomb-building portion of the competition won by demonstrating their ability to proficiently prepare and load munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft promptly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

U.S. Air Force Col. Casey Crabill, far left, 8th Maintenance Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Nathan Bouchard, far right, 8th MXG command chief, award the winners of the load crew team of the quarter during the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 18, 2024. Airmen from the 8th Maintenance Squadron and the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron were evaluated on timeliness and number of discrepancies, if any when loading munitions onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

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8th MXG participates in 3rd Qtr DCC and Load Crew Competition

Published Oct. 21, 2024
By Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman
8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --

The 8th Maintenance Group conducted the 2024 3rd Quarter Dedicated Crew Chief and Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Oct. 18, 2024.

Members assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron, and the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron, participated in friendly challenges in preparing and loading munitions on the Wolf Pack’s F-16 Fighting Falcons.