Holloman exercises deployment

Weapon load crew members from the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, carry an Aim-9 missile to place inside an F-22A Raptor at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 23. As part of a base-wide exercise, missiles and flares were loaded to prepare aircraft for a mock deployment to Anderson Air Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Veronica Salgado)

Holloman exercises deployment

Senior Airman Bryan McMahon, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepares for an intake inspection on an F-22A Raptor at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 23. Airman McMahon checks the intake for any foreign object damage and motor malfunction as part of pre-flight generation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Veronica Salgado)

F-22 Night Ops

Senior Airman Chad Eichmeier, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, weapons three man jammer driver, drives a jammer before loading a bomb onto an F-22A Raptor, Jan. 15, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Airmen and pilots gear up for their upcoming exercise Red Flag at Nellis AFB, N.V., starting around the end of Januaruy. The Red Flag exercises, conducted in four to six times a year by the 414th Combat Training Squadron of the 57th Wing, are very realistic aerial war games. The purpose is to train pilots from the U.S. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and other allied countries for real combat situations. This includes the use of "enemy" hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Anthony Nelson Jr)

F-22 Night Ops

Senior Airman Chad Eichmeier, weapons three man jammer driver, drives a jammer before loading a bomb onto an F-22A Raptor, Jan. 15, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Airmen and pilots gear up for their upcoming exercise Red Flag at Nellis AFB, N.V., starting around the end of January. The Red Flag exercises, conducted in four-to-six cycles a year by the 414th Combat Training Squadron of the 57th Wing, are very realistic aerial war games. The purpose is to train pilots from the U.S., NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and other allied countries for real combat situations. This includes the use of "enemy" hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Anthony Nelson Jr)

F-22 Night Ops

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cowan, 49th Aircraft Maintanence Squadron, works on forms for the F-22A Raptor by using a Portable Maintenace Aid, Jan. 15, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Airmen and pilots gear up for their training exercise Red Flag at Nellis AFB, N.V., beginning the end of January. The Red Flag exercises, conducted in four-to-six cycles a year by the 414th Combat Training Squadron of the 57th Wing, are very realistic aerial war games. The purpose is to train pilots from the U.S., NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and other allied countries for real combat situations. This includes the use of "enemy" hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Anthony Nelson)

F-22 Night Ops

Tech. Sgt. Stephen Polk assist Senior Airman Kyle Serrates, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, in working on an F-22A Raptor, Jan. 15, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Airmen and pilots gear up for their upcoming exercise Red Flag at Nellis AFB, N.V., beginning the end of January. The Red Flag exercises, conducted in four to six times a year by the 414th Combat Training Squadron of the 57th Wing, are very realistic aerial war games. The purpose is to train pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries for real combat situations. This includes the use of "enemy" hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Anthony Nelson Jr)