From left to right, Tech Sgt. Christopher Butterfield, Staff Sgt. Daniel Tondre, Senior Airman Tadd Meyer, Senior Airman Tyler St Onge, Senior Airman Kody Regelbrugge, Senior Airman John Shaffer, Airman 1st Class Megan Tinch, Airman 1st Class Devon Stearns, Staff Sgt. Amber Stepan and Senior Airman Roddy Looper, 5th Munitions Squadron nuclear/conventional weapons load team, pose in front of missiles at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 21, 2015. This will be the first year anyone from this team has competed in the Global Strike Challenge. The team has been coming together quickly and is very confident in their abilities. They have come together as a team and have the loading down to an art. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)
From left to right, Senior Airman Cody Guy, Senior Airman Jordan Everett, Senior Airman Cody Montgomery, Senior Airman Julio Solis, Staff Sgt. Michael Way and Tech. Sgt. James Johnson, 705th Munitions Squadron maintenance special weapons re-entry system/re-entry vehicle section, pose in front of a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 21, 2015. The team has two members who competed in the Global Strike Challenge last year; the team came in a very close second place. This year, the team plans to take home the trophy. They are very confident and believe they have the most efficient team--exceeding all expectations. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)
From left to right, Senior Airman Austin Weatherby, Senior Airman Lindsey Eckel, Senior Airman William Atkins, Staff Sgt. Timothy McDowell and Staff Sgt. Anthony Mitchamore, 705th Munitions Squadron high bay, pose in front of a rotary launcher at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 21, 2015. Two members from the team competed in last year’s Global Strike Challenge, which took second place. This year they will be coming harder and plan on winning it all. The team is very confident as they practice day-in and day -out and will be bringing their “A”-game to the challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)
From left to right, Senior Airman Taylor Lancaster, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Tullis and Senior Airman James Booterbaugh, 5th Aircraft Maintenance nuclear/conventional aircraft crew chief team pose in front of the flightline at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 21, 2015. This is the team’s first Global Strike Challenge and they look forward to competing for the first time. To prepare, they have been studying every day and self-evaluating each other on every single aircraft pre-flight card and every raid they do. They are 100 percent confident as they do this every day by demonstrating they are the best during every exercise they do. Now it’s time to put it on paper. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)
From left to right, Staff Sgt. Robert Wagner, Senior Airman Alex Jimenez, Airman 1st Class James Rutt and Senior Airman Ryandolph Alquetra, 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron nuclear/conventional weapons load team, pose in front of a missile at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 21, 2015. During the Global Strike Challenge, the team will be doing a conventional load as well as a bay load. They have been practicing every day by practicing loading, going over Air Force instructions, transferring bombs and loading repetitively to prepare for the challenge. They are very confident they have what it takes to win. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristoffer Kaubisch)