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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Christopher Ruiz, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems, inserts the barrels of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system into a rotor March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Christopher Ruiz, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems, directed by Staff Sgt. Tavares Schoultz, 49th MXS F-22A Raptor combat armament chief, operates a forklift in the storage area of the F-22A Raptor wing weapon pylons March 28. The section houses all of the spare pylons that are used by the F-22 armament system at Holloman AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – This is the storage area of the 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament system section that houses all of the spare wing weapon pylons that are used by the F-22A Raptor armament system at Holloman AFB. Each pylon can carry a 600-gallon fuel tank or multiple types of weapons systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Daniel Straitiff, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems, shows Airman 1st Class Tiffany Dunn, 49th MXS support team member, a technical order March 28. The purpose of a T.O. is to provide concise but clear instructions for safe and effective operation and maintenance of centrally-acquired and managed Air Force military systems across most career fields. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Jessica Raab, 49th Maintenance Squadron, aircraft armament systems, cleans a piston from the lubricator assembly of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Jessica Raab, 49th Maintenance Squadron, aircraft armament systems, cleans a step rotor of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Jessica Raab, 49th Maintenance Squadron, aircraft armament systems, cleans a step rotor of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Ashley Forrest, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems, cleans the rotor of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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49th MXS Aircraft Armament Systems

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Christopher Ruiz, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems, empties the lubricator assembly of an M61A2 20mm Gatling gun system March 28. The weapon is a 200-pound, hydraulic-driven system with a carrying capacity of 480 rounds that fire at a rate of approximately 6,000 shots per minute. This gun is part of the F-22A Raptor armament system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

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The BEAR paw

Members of the 49th Material Maintenance Group work on the structure of a LAMS-V tent.

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USAFCENT Command Chief delivers the front line news

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – United States Air Forces Central Command, Southeast Asia, Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Sealey visited Holloman AFB March 27, to speak about the current and future Air Force deployment mission. Sealey, a former 49th Mission Support Group superintendant, spoke in depth about the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq and the lessons that were learned from it and what can be applied to the upcoming drawdown of Afghanistan, which is scheduled to be completed in 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss/Released)

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Bataan POW tells his story

William Eldridge, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant, poses for a photo at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 24. Eldridge was taken prisoner by Japanese soldiers for three and a half years, and endured many hardships, including the Bataan Death March. After he was freed, Eldridge went on to serve 18 more years in the Army, and to this date, is the last surviving member of his unit, Company M, 31st Regiment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/Released)

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Daughter of Bataan POW shares lesson learned from father

Margaret Garcia, daughter of former U.S. Army Cpl. Evans Garcia, a prisoner of war during World War II, poses for a photo at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 24. Margaret’s father, Evans, who was an artillery aircraft gunner and laid wire for the radio communications team, was taken prisoner by Japanese soldiers for three and a half years. Evans passed away last year, at the age of 97. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel E. Liddicoet/Released)

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Flight docs keep pilots soaring

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Capt. (Dr.) Oliver Edwards inspects the inside of Staff Sgt. Casey Mabry’s mouth during a medical examination March 26. Edwards is a 7th Fighter Squadron flight surgeon, and Mabry is part of the 16th Training Squadron. As a flight surgeon, Edwards is responsible for overseeing the health of any Airman on the base who’s on flying status. Flight surgeons also fly on a regular basis with the pilots in order to better understand what altitude or any other stressor might do to the body during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

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Flight docs keep pilots soaring

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Capt. (Dr.) Oliver Edwards talks to Staff Sgt. Casey Mabry during a medical examination March 26. Edwards is a 7th Fighter Squadron flight surgeon, and Mabry is part of the 16th Training Squadron. As a flight surgeon, Edwards is responsible for overseeing the health of any Airman on the base who’s on flying status. Flight surgeons also fly on a regular basis with the pilots in order to better understand what altitude or any other stressor might do to the body during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

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26.2 miles of honor and remembrance

WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE, N.M. – Leonard Robinson, 93, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, gives an interview March 25. Sixteen survivors attended the 23rd annual Bataan Memorial Death March. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss / Released)

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26.2 miles of honor and remembrance

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – A participant of the opening ceremony at the 23rd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March holds a flag March 25, during a moment of silence. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,700 marchers, commemorates the original Bataan Death March which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss / Released)

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26.2 miles of honor and remembrance

WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE, N.M. – Participants of the 23rd annual Bataan Memorial Death March attend the opening ceremonies here March 25, before starting the event. The march, which has been at WSMR since 1992, offers two different courses – a 26.2 mile and 15.2 mile honorary course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss / Released)

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The Bataan Memorial Death March

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – University of California Santa Barbara U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps members cross the finish line of the Bataan Memorial Death March as a team here March 25. Brandon Peer, 27, of Fort Collins, Colo., was the first ROTC participant to finish the marathon in the ROTC - heavy category, with a chip time of 5:58:28; Alexander Babos, 19, of Fort Collins, Colo., was the first in the ROTC - light category, with a chip time of 3:53:44. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel E. Liddicoet/Released)

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The Bataan Memorial Death March

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – A double-amputee and wounded warrior participant in the Bataan Memorial Death March continues along the course here March 25. Several wounded warriors who were missing one or more limbs completed the full marathon in honor of those who endured the 80-mile Bataan Death March in 1942. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel E. Liddicoet/Released)

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