5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, providing combat-ready forces

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Lucas Lamothe, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member uses a Multi User System Tester-Armament Next Generation that will perform a check on the internal conventional weapons system on a B-52H Stratofortress here, Aug. 10. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command, weapons loaders work endlessly to preserve our nation’s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)

5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, providing combat-ready forces

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Staff Sgt. Brian Bauman, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, installs a cable to perform an operational check on the internal conventional weapons system on a B-52H Stratofortress here, Aug. 10. As part of Air Force Global Strike Command, weapons loaders work endlessly to preserve our nation’s security by providing combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)

Ready, aim, fire

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Airman 1st Class Dylan Siegle, 5th Maintenance Squadron, fires his weapon during combat arms training and maintenance here, Aug. 2. Combat arms training and maintenance instructors are security forces personnel who train military members on weapon use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)

Ready, aim, fire

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Combat arms training and maintenance instructors’ watch as Airmen participating in combat arms training, fire their weapons here, Aug. 2. The basic marksman skill training includes intensive weapons training and incorporates target acquisition, threat discrimination, multiple-threat engagement and surviving weapon malfunction and stoppages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)

Ready, aim, fire

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Ryan Grisso, 5th Maintenance Squadron, fires his weapon downrange during combat arms training and maintenance here, Aug. 2. The basic marksman skill training includes intensive weapons training and incorporates target acquisition, threat discrimination, multiple-threat engagement and surviving weapon malfunction and stoppages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)

Ready, aim, fire

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Airmen participating in combat arms training and maintenance, load their weapons with ammunition here, Aug. 2. Combat arms training and maintenance instructors are security forces personnel who train military members on weapon use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)