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Senior Airman Tristan Franklin and Airman 1st Class Cameron Padgett use an ammunition loading adaptor to feed 30-millimeter rounds into an A-10 Thunderbolt II ammo drum prior June 11, 2013, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The Thunderbolt II can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general-purpose bombs, cluster-bomb units, laser-guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions or JDAM, wind-corrected munitions dispenser or WCMD, AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, illumination flares, and the GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. Franklin and Padgett are 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)

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